The chapter on Raymond Scott is a hit to the ego. As the creator of technologies such as the Orchestra Machine, sound effects generators, and the first multi-track tape machines, among others, it seems as though Scott was the pioneer inventor of the electronic music apparatus which others, such as Bob Moog, later refined and made (more) famous. It is interesting to learn how the inventors borrowed and added onto each other's ideas. For example, Scott's keyboard synthesizer, the Clavivox, incorporated the technology of the theramin, which Bob Moog built as a hobbieist when he first met and began working for Scott in the early '50's.
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