Greenwood Technographies Ser.: Electronics : The Life Story of a Technology by David Morton (2004, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Publishing

ISBN-100313332479

ISBN-139780313332470

eBay Product ID (ePID)30883620

Product Key Features

Number of Pages216 Pages

Publication NameElectronics : the Life Story of a Technology

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2004

SubjectGeneral, Electronics / General

TypeTextbook

AuthorDavid Morton

Subject AreaTechnology & Engineering, Science

SeriesGreenwood Technographies Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight17.1 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2004-054390

Reviews"This book will allow the reader to become familiar with some of the basics of the technology that surrounds us all and will lead to questions about what can and should happen next."- SB&F, "This book will be very useful if you are involved in delivering courses, such as general studies, which attempt to make connections between science and society. If you ignore the plethora of names and acronyms, this book is a sobering account of the economics of the past development of the semiconductor devices which give us so much ease and delight today....Put this book in your school library. Read it if you teach, or aspire to teach, electronics or physics. It will give you a fresh perspective on how silk purses (such as Ipods) can indeed be made from sows' ears (such as ICBM guidance systems)."- School Science Review, "This book will allow the reader to become familiar with some of the basics of the technology that surrounds us all and will lead to questions about what can and should happen next." SB&F, "This book will be very useful if you are involved in delivering courses, such as general studies, which attempt to make connections between science and society. If you ignore the plethora of names and acronyms, this book is a sobering account of the economics of the past development of the semiconductor devices which give us so much ease and delight today....Put this book in your school library. Read it if you teach, or aspire to teach, electronics or physics. It will give you a fresh perspective on how silk purses (such as Ipods) can indeed be made from sows' ears (such as ICBM guidance systems)." School Science Review

Dewey Edition22

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal621.38109

Table Of ContentThe Origins of Electronics 1900-1950 From Tubes to Semiconductors Microchips and Lasers The Peak Years The Triumph of Microelectronics Conclusions Bibliography Index

SynopsisElectronics is the first book of its kind--a comprehensive account of the history of one of the late 20th century's greatest technologies--the field of electron devices. Some of these devices, the laser and the microchip for example, have become household words, but their origins and operation are largely unknown to the general public. Other devices that form the heart of important electronic systems are virtually unknown outside the field of engineering. Electronics is the first book to survey the histories of all these devices, showing how they relate to each other and to the world we live in. This work will be accessible to those without a technical background, but is precise enough for an engineer. The development of electronic devices was central to many of the most important historical events of the last 50 years, such as the introduction of television, Cold War, the Space Race, the rise of Asian semiconductor manufacturers, and the emergence of the surveillance society--this book explores them all. In addition, Electronics examines the fascinating stories of how scientists and engineers created these devices in the first place: One organization, the Bell Telephone Laboratories, was responsible for either the invention or, perhaps more importantly, the commercialization of many of the most important advances in the field. The book explains the origins and impact of a series of now-familiar technologies, including the Magnetron tube used to power microwave ovens, the CRT (television and computer display), the laser, the first integrated circuit, the microprocessor, and memory chips. The transistor--a single invention created to solve a specific engineering problem--was taken up by numerous researchers and transformed a technology--the so-called semiconductor devices--with an astonishing breadth of applications and a nearly ubiquitous presence. The book includes a timeline and a bibliography for those interested in learning more about the history of electron devices., Provides the first history of what engineers call electron devices--vacuum tubes, lasers, image displays, transistors, and computer chips--that form the hidden but increasingly important "guts" of modern technologies.

LC Classification NumberTK7809