Principles of Modern Technology

by Adrian C. Melissinos

Book Overview

Based on a course taught at the University of Rochester, this volume describes the physical principles on which modern technology is based. Four primary areas are discussed; computers and microelectronics, communications, nuclear energy and space flight. Each topic is treated in a manner that provides the reader with insight into the underlying physics that makes the technology possible as well as the orders of magnitude involved. The book will appeal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521352495
• ISBN13: 9780521352499
• Release Date: October 1990
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"