Cultural Anthropology
What does the microwave oven have to do with war?
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The man responsible for thinking of the microwave oven was Percy L. Spencer. Spencer noticed something odd while working with a magnetron -- a tube that provides power to a radar set. He realized that the chocolate bar in his pocket melted when he was near the magnetron. After some experiments, Spencer developed the first microwave oven. Without radar, which scientists developed specifically as a method to detect aggressors during war, Spencer may have never thought of the microwave oven.
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