Revolution in Miniature: The History and Impact of Semiconductor Electronics - Hardcover

Braun, Ernest; MacDonald, Stuart

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521247012 ISBN 13: 9780521247016

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1982

Synopsis

Semiconductor electronics is the major technology of our age. Its achievement and potential are vast, its application and influence ubiquitous, its social and economic consequences uncertain. Semiconductor electronics has become the vehicle for nearly all technological change and, consequently, the subject of much discussion. This revised and up dated edition is offered as a basic contribution to that vital discussion by authors who have long studied the process of technological change and who are familiar with the peculiarities of the semiconductor industry. Although it dealt with a highly technical subject, the first edition proved readily intelligible to a wide audience. The second edition is designed for that same group - those who seek an understanding of the processes at the heart of technological change.

About this title

Book Description

Semiconductor electronics is the major technology of our age. This revised and up dated edition is a basic contribution to the discussion of its history and impact by authors who have long studied the process of technological change and who are familiar with the peculiarities of the industry.

About the Author

Ernest Braun was formerly the Head of the Technology Policy Unit and Professor of Physics at Aston University. He spent years in Vienna as Head of the Technology Assessment Unit of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, and is now an Emeritus Professor at Aston, and a Visiting Professor at the Centre for Technology Strategy at the Open University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521247012
• ISBN 13: 9780521247016
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 255