The silicon web : physics for the Internet age
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Taylor & Francis ,
c2009
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction: Physics and its relation to computer and Internet technologies
- 2. Mathematics: the language of science and technology
- 3. Mechanics: energy enables information technology
- 4. Matter and heat: cooling computers is required by the physics of computation
- 5. Electricity and magnetism: the workhorses of information technology
- 6. Digital electronics and computer logic
- 7. Waves : sound, radio, and light
- 8. Analog and digital communication
- 9. Quantum physics of atoms and materials
- 10. Semiconductor physics: transistors and circuits
- 11. Digital memory and computers
- 12. Photons: light detectors and light-emitting diodes
- 13. Light and optical fibers for the Internet
- 14. Light amplification and lasers
- 15. Fiber-optics communication
- 16. Communication networks and the Internet