Silicon Earth : Introduction to the Microelectronics and Nanotechnology Revolution (Paperback)

1. The communications revolution; 2. A matter of scale; 3. Widget deconstruction #1: cell phone; 4. Innumerable biographies: a brief history of micro/nanoelectronics; 5. Semiconductors ? lite!; 6. Widget deconstruction #2: USB flash drive; 7. Bricks and mortar: micro/nanoelectronics fabrication; 8. Transistors ? lite!; 9. Microtools and toys: MEMS, NEMS, and BioMEMS; 10. Widget deconstruction #3: GPS; 11. Let there be light: the bright world of photonics; 12. The nano-world: fact and fiction; 13. The gathering storm: societal transformations and some food-for-thought; Appendix.