author
A. E. Richmond
Best known for writing a practical calculus text for electronics students and engineers, this author focused on making math feel useful rather than abstract. His work connects core calculus ideas with real electronic circuits and measurement problems, which helped the book stay relevant across multiple editions.
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The New Wonder of the World: Buffalo, the Electric City
by A. E. Richmond
About the author
A. E. Richmond, also identified as Allan Edwin Richmond, is known for Calculus for Electronics, a technical book first published in 1958 and later revised in subsequent editions. The book was written to help readers approach calculus through electronics applications, giving it a hands-on, problem-solving tone.
Information available from bookseller and library records also connects him with Tektronix, where he was described as a training supervisor in test and calibration engineering, and with Multnomah College, where he was listed as a technical advisor and former director of the School of Electronics. Those roles fit the practical teaching style of his writing, which appears aimed at students, technicians, and working engineers.
While detailed biographical information about Richmond is limited in the sources I could confirm, his published work suggests a writer deeply interested in making advanced ideas accessible. For readers of technical nonfiction, he stands out as an author who treated mathematics as a useful tool for understanding real-world electronics.