The quality of a professional that distinguishes him from a tradesman is his formal knowledge, which includes an understanding of the background and origins of his business. A chemist should know about Robert Boyle, Antoine Lavoisier, John Dalton, Amadeo Avogadro, Henry Louis LeChatelier, and many, many, more. A medical doctor should know about Hippocrates, Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Louis Pasteur, Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis, Joseph Lister, and more. If for no other reason, those who made contributions to the science must never be forgotten, for to forget them is to dishonor them, and to dishonor the roots of the science is to discredit the profession. Science is a characteristic of a highly-developed civilization and intellect; its growth and maintenance relies upon perpetual regard for the past In most cases, the founders of science were geniuses who made incredible discoveries with only primitive knowledge; we owe them eternal gratitude, for there are very few of us, if any at all, who could achieve what they have achieved. It is the responsibility of every member of a profession to keep their memory and respect alive.

Although most think of radar as a precipitate of World War II, its beginnings are traceable to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a brief period of unparalleled discovery, ingenuity, and invention in the history of man. And although the United States government was the major entity responsible for the development of modern microwave radar as we know it today, this credit is due to the imposition of...