It really is THAT important

I came across a quote today from another blog that was discussing the invention of the vacuum tube.
“It is the most important single piece of equipment introduced into electrical engineering during the twentieth century. Its development has produced a new engineering art called electronics, which has given us radio, long distance telephones, sound motion pictures, public address systems, television, radar, electronic computers, and industrial automation.”

Click here to read the full history, along with a description of a few of the many functions of electron tubes.