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Electronics is the science and engineering dealing with the emission, flow and control of electrons in vacuum and matter.

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Who created the first vacuum tube?

As far as I know, light bulbs existed early in the late 19th century, and the vacuum tube was created based on their design. But I haven't found any information about who came up with the idea to construct special, light bulb-like devices with the…
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