Front Cover; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Author; Chapter 1: The Communications Revolution; Chapter 2: A Matter of Scale; Chapter 3: Innumerable Biographies: A Brief History of the Field; Chapter 4: Widget Deconstruction #1: Smartphone; Chapter 5: Semiconductors: Lite!; Chapter 6: Widget Deconstruction #2: USB Flash Drive; Chapter 7: Bricks and Mortar: Micro/Nanoelectronics Fabrication; Chapter 8: Transistors: Lite!; Chapter 9: From Transistors to Circuits to Systems; Chapter 10: Microtools and Toys: MEMS, NEMS, and BioMEMS
Chapter 11: Widget Deconstruction #3: GPSChapter 12: Let There Be Light: The Bright World of Photonics; Chapter 13: The Future of Electronics; Chapter 14: The Nanoworld: Fact and Fiction; Chapter 15: Societal Impact; Appendix A: Properties of Silicon; Appendix B: Some Basic Concepts from Physics and Electrical Engineering; Appendix C: A Grab-Bag Glossary of Useful Techno-Geek Terms and Acronyms; Back Cover
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 18, 2015)
