About
Inventor, engineer and scientist best remembered as the co-inventor of the microwave oven.
Before Fame
He was known as a leading expert in radar tube design by 1939.
Trivia
He was working on a magnetron in a lab when he discovered the waves coming out of it melted the candy bar in his pocket.
Family Life
His family was poor, and he had little formal schooling. He had three sons with his wife Louise Spencer.
Associated With
He and Vannevar Bush, a fellow engineer, were good friends.
