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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael G Raymer |
| ISBN: | 9781439803110 1439803110 |
| OCLC Number: | 262430625 |
| Description: | xxv, 571 p. : ill., music ; 29 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction: Physics and its relation to computer and Internet technologies -- Mathematics : the language of science and technology -- Mechanics : energy enables information technology -- Matter and heat : colling computers is required by the physics of computation -- Electricity and magnetism : the workhorses of information technology -- Digital electronics and computer logic -- Waves : sound, radio, and light -- Analog and digital communication -- Quantum physics of atoms and materials -- Semiconductor physics : transistors and circuits -- Digital memory and computers -- Photons : light detectors and light-emitting diodes -- Light and optical fibers for the Internet -- Light amplification and lasers -- Fiber-optics communication -- Communication networks and the Internet. |
| Responsibility: | Michael G. Raymer. |
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!the author shows how semiconductors and networks require a good understanding of physics 'by discovery' ! . Following a story that requires only high-school mathematics, the reader is transported from mechanics to thermodynamics, wave propagation, quantum mechanics and even to basic electronic engineering concepts ! . Each chapter includes exercises and formal references as well as suggested readings and a provocative section on the social impacts of technology. --Optics & Photonics News (OPN), January 2011 Change the title of this excellent text to 'Physics for the Internet Age: The Silicon Web' as soon as possible to attract teachers of all introductory physics courses to look into this text for adoption with its many hints as a PER [Physics Education Research]-influenced text. --Professor John L. Hubisz, North Carolina State University, The Physics Teacher, November 2010 ! a text perfect in itself and perfect for its time ! . ideal for an undergraduate course required of all physical science, engineering, computer science, and mathematics majors. --Physics Today [A] stunningly rich story about the Internet and its associated technologies ! . The Silicon Web is an elegant and elaborate textbook, one that examines the science underlying the current revolution in communications technology. Each scientific concept arises on a need-to-know basis in the context of a particular ! issue or device. All the important physics is here, but presented in an engaging way, with modern examples. --From the Foreword by Louis A. Bloomfield, author of How Things Work Read more...
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