The silicon web :
Raymer, Michael G.
The silicon web : physics for the Internet age / Michael G. Raymer. - New York : Taylor & Francis, c2009. - xxv, 571 p. : ill., music ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781439803110 (alk. paper)
2008054580
Physics.
Solid state physics.
Electromagnetism.
Mathematical physics.
Telecommunication--Equipment and supplies.
Information technology--Equipment and supplies.
Internet.
QC23.2 / .R36 2009
530.4/1
The silicon web : physics for the Internet age / Michael G. Raymer. - New York : Taylor & Francis, c2009. - xxv, 571 p. : ill., music ; 29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781439803110 (alk. paper)
2008054580
Physics.
Solid state physics.
Electromagnetism.
Mathematical physics.
Telecommunication--Equipment and supplies.
Information technology--Equipment and supplies.
Internet.
QC23.2 / .R36 2009
530.4/1