エレクトロニクスの歴史 Electronics : The Life Story of a Technology

Morton, David L./ Gabriel, Joseph

Johns Hopkins University Press（2008/01発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 216 p.／サイズ 12 halftones, 12 line drawings
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780801887734
• DDC分類 621.38109

基本説明

Provides a comprehensive history of one of the late twentieth century's greatest technologies: electronic devices. "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.

Full Description

Electronics provides a welcome, comprehensive history of one of the late twentieth century's greatest technologies: electronic devices. Some of them, the laser and the microchip for example, have become household words. Yet their origins and operation are largely unknown to the general public, remaining mysterious outside the field of engineering. Their advent brought about many of the most important historical developments in recent memory-the rise of television, the Cold War, the Space Race, the growth of Asian semiconductor manufacturers, and the emergence of the surveillance society. Electronics also relates the fascinating stories of how scientists and engineers created and commercialized such devices as the transistor, the Magnetron tube used to power microwave ovens, the CRT (cathode ray tube), the laser, the first integrated circuit, the microprocessor, and memory chips.

Contents

Preface
Timeline
1. The Origins of Electronics, 1900-1950
2. From lubes to Semiconductors
3. Microchips and Lasers
4. The Peak Years
5. The Triumph of Microelectronics
6. Conclusions
Glossary
Further Reading
Index