The Electronics Revolution Inventing the Future /
This book is about how electronics, computing, and telecommunications have profoundly changed our lives – the way we work, live, and play. It covers a myriad of topics from the invention of the fundamental devices, and integrated circuits, through radio and television, to computers, mobile telephone...
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| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2017.
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| Σειρά: | Springer Praxis Books
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- 1 Introduction.- 2 Missed opportunities: The beginnings of electronics.- 3 From Wireless to Radio.- 4 Seeing by electricity – Development of Television.- 5 Seeing a hundred miles - Radar.- 6 The Box – Television takes over.- 7 Spinning discs - Recorded music.- 8 The crystal triode – The transistor.- 9 Pop Music - Youth culture in 1950s and 60s.- 10 From People to Machines – The Rise of Computers.- 11 Chips into everything – Integrated Circuits.- 12 From signboards to screens - Displays.- 13 Distributing time – Clocks and watches.- 14 From Desktop to Pocket - Calculators.- 15 Shrinking computers - microprocessors.- 16 Instant cooking - Microwave ovens.- 17 Essentials or toys - Home computers.- 18 Computers take over the Workplace.- 19 From Clerks to Xerography - Copiers.- 20 Shrinking the World – Communication satellites.- 21 Personal communicators - Mobile phones.- 22 Going online- The Internet.- 23 Glass to the rescue – Fibre optics.- 24 Towards virtual money – Cards, Atms and PoS.- 25 Saving TV programs - Video Recording.- 26 Electronics invades photography - Digital Cameras.- 27 Seeing inside the body – electronics aids medicine.- 28 Knowing where you are - GPS.- 29 The Electronics Revolution
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
