Conquering The Electron

Download or read book Conquering the Electron written by Derek Cheung and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-09-08 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conquering the Electron offers readers a true and engaging history of the world of electronics, beginning with the discoveries of static electricity and magnetism and ending with the creation of the smartphone and the iPad. This book shows the interconnection of each advance to the next on the long journey to our modern-day technologies. Exploring the combination of genius, infighting, and luck that powered the creation of today's electronic age, Conquering the Electron debunks the hero worship so often plaguing the stories of great advances. Want to know how AT&T’s Bell Labs developed semiconductor technology—and how its leading scientists almost came to blows in the process? Want to understand how radio and television work—and why RCA drove their inventors to financial ruin and early graves? Conquering the Electron offers these stories and more, presenting each revolutionary technological advance right alongside blow-by-blow personal battles that all too often took place.

Download or read book Conquering the Electron written by Derek Cheung and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-02-24 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conquering the Electron offers readers a true and engaging history of the world of electronics, beginning with the discoveries of static electricity and magnetism and ending with the creation of the smartphone and the iPad. This book shows the interconnection of each advance to the next on the long journey to our modern-day technologies. Exploring the combination of genius, infighting, and luck that powered the creation of today's electronic age, Conquering the Electron debunks the hero worship so often plaguing the stories of great advances. Want to know how AT&T’s Bell Labs developed semiconductor technology—and how its leading scientists almost came to blows in the process? Want to understand how radio and television work—and why RCA drove their inventors to financial ruin and early graves? Conquering the Electron offers these stories and more, presenting each revolutionary technological advance right alongside blow-by-blow personal battles that all too often took place.

Download or read book Chip War written by Chris Miller and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-10-04 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An epic account of the decades-long battle to control what has emerged as the world’s most critical resource—microchip technology—with the United States and China increasingly in conflict. You may be surprised to learn that microchips are the new oil—the scarce resource on which the modern world depends. Today, military, economic, and geopolitical power are built on a foundation of computer chips. Virtually everything—from missiles to microwaves—runs on chips, including cars, smartphones, the stock market, even the electric grid. Until recently, America designed and built the fastest chips and maintained its lead as the #1 superpower, but America’s edge is in danger of slipping, undermined by players in Taiwan, Korea, and Europe taking over manufacturing. Now, as Chip War reveals, China, which spends more on chips than any other product, is pouring billions into a chip-building initiative to catch up to the US. At stake is America’s military superiority and economic prosperity. Economic historian Chris Miller explains how the semiconductor came to play a critical role in modern life and how the U.S. became dominant in chip design and manufacturing and applied this technology to military systems. America's victory in the Cold War and its global military dominance stems from its ability to harness computing power more effectively than any other power. But here, too, China is catching up, with its chip-building ambitions and military modernization going hand in hand. America has let key components of the chip-building process slip out of its grasp, contributing not only to a worldwide chip shortage but also a new Cold War with a superpower adversary that is desperate to bridge the gap. Illuminating, timely, and fascinating, Chip War shows that, to make sense of the current state of politics, economics, and technology, we must first understand the vital role played by chips.

Download or read book Before the Lights Go Out written by Maggie Koerth-Baker and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2012-02-21 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What you need to know now about America's energy future "Hi, I'm the United States and I'm an oil-oholic." We have an energy problem. And everybody knows it, even if we can't all agree on what, specifically, the problem is. Rising costs, changing climate, peaking oil, foreign oil, public safety?if the fears are this complicated, then the solutions are bound to be even more confusing. Maggie Koerth-Baker?science editor at the award-winning blog BoingBoing.net?finally makes some sense out of the madness. Over the next 20 years, we'll be forced to cut 20 quadrillion BTU worth of fossil fuels from our energy budget, by wasting less and investing in alternatives. To make it work, we'll need to radically change the energy systems that have shaped our lives for 100 years. And the result will be neither business-as-usual, nor a hippie utopia. Koerth-Baker explains what we can do, what we can't do, and why "The Solution" is really a lot of solutions working together. This isn't about planting a tree, buying a Prius, and proving that you're a good person. Economics and social incentives got us a country full of gas-guzzling cars, long commutes, inefficient houses, and coal-fired power plants out in the middle of nowhere, and economics and incentives will be the things that build our new world. Ultimately, change is inevitable. Argues we're not going to solve the energy problem by convincing everyone to live like it's 1900 because that's not a good thing. Instead of reverting to the past, we have to build a future where we get energy from new places, use it in new ways, and do more with less. Clean coal? Natural gas? Nuclear? Electric cars? We'll need them all. When you look at the numbers, you'll find that we'll still be using fossil fuels, nuclear, and renewables for decades to come. Looks at new battery technology, smart grids, passive buildings, decentralized generation, clean coal, and carbon sequestration. These are buzzwords now, but they'll be a part of your world soon. For many people, they already are. Written by the cutting edge Science Editor for Boing Boing, one of the ten most popular blogs in America

Download or read book Conquer CDS OTA in 60 Days - Guide with Previous Year Questions and 100+ Hour Concept Videos 2nd Edition | General Knowledge & English written by Disha Experts and published by Disha Publication. This book was released on with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Disha launches its overhauled breakthrough 3rd Edition of “Conquer CDS OTA in 60 Days - Guide with Previous Year Questions and 100+ Hour Concept Videos” to facilitate CDS OTA exam preparation by providing relevant theory and previous year Questions along with Practice Exercises. The book is based on the latest pattern and syllabus as defined by UPSC and the latest 2023 Papers.
Salient Features:
✍ A one-of-its-kind student friendly product conceptualized to simplify last minute preparation of all 2 sections, i.e. English & General Knowledge in just 60 days.
✍  Time based 20 units in total (10 in each subject), with each topic mentions the no. of hours/ days a student must devote for assimilating the maximum information and recall it easily during the examination
✍  Each chapter provides well illustrated theory, study tips in form of points to remember and important formulas
✍  Assessment and Evaluation through- exhaustive collection of solved examples, practice questions and exercises
✍ 100% updated with Fully Solved Questions and errorless solutions from 2020 - 2023.
✍  The answer keys/ detailed solutions are provided for all the exercises in the book.
✍  Extenisve practice with more than 5000+ Exercise Questions.
✍ Each Chapter is accompanied by Concept Revision Notes & detailed explanations to help you grasp the concepts and techniques required to solve the questions effectively.
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Download or read book Conquer CDS in 90 Days - Guide with Previous Year Questions and 100+ Hour Concept Videos 3rd Edition | Mathematics, General Knowledge & English written by Disha Experts and published by Disha Publication. This book was released on with total page 914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

CDS is one of the most popular examinations in India. Disha launches an overhauled breakthrough 3rd Edition of “Conquer CDS in 90 Days - Guide with Previous Year Questions and 100+ Hour Concept Videos” to facilitate CDS exam preparation by providing relevant theory and previous year Questions along with Practice Exercises. The book is based on the latest pattern and syllabus as defined by UPSC and the latest 2023 Papers.
Salient Features:
✍A one-of-its-kind student friendly product conceptualized to simplify last minute preparation of all 3 sections, i.e. English, Mathematics & General Knowledge in just 90 days.
✍ Time based 44 units in total, with each topic mentions the no. of hours/ days a student must devote for assimilating the maximum information and recall it easily during the examination
✍ Each chapter provides well illustrated theory, study tips in form of points to remember and important formulas
✍Assessment and Evaluation through- exhaustive collection of solved examples, practice questions and exercises
✍100% updated with Fully Solved Questions and errorless solutions from 2020 - 2023.
✍The answer keys/ detailed solutions are provided for all the exercises in the book.
✍ Extenisve practice with more than 7200+ Exercise Questions
✍ Each Chapter is accompanied by Concept Revision Notes & detailed explanations to help you grasp the concepts and techniques required to solve the questions effectively.
✍ Access valuable content videos through the given QR code
✍ A must-have product for aspirants preparing for upcoming CDS  exam

Download or read book The Advent of Electricity (1800 – 1900) written by Charlie Samuels and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers the scientific developments of the 19th century, the great age of the machine when factory chimneys rose above industrial towns. Manufacturers constantly improved technology to get a commercial advantage. Meanwhile, other scientists began to explore fundamental questions about the nature of humans and their ancestors. Fun features, such as sidebars and timelines, allow for multiple learning opportunities.