Download or read book The Foundations of Magnetic Recording written by John C. Mallinson and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2012-12-02 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This expanded and updated new edition provides a comprehensive overview of the science and technology of magnetic recording. In the six years since the publication of the first edition, the magnetic recording and storage industry has burgeoned with the introduction of a host of new ideas and technologies. His book contains a discussion of almost every technologically important aspect of recording. - Continas complete coverage of the current technology of magnetic recording and storage - Written in a non-mathematical but scientifically accurate style - Permits intelligent evaluations to be made of both the past evolution and the future trends in a wide variety of magnetic storage devices