Sand and Silicon

Sand and Silicon
Author: Denis McWhan
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 157
Release: 2012-02-23
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0199640270


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This is a story about sand and how science and silicon changed our lives. Over the last century science taught us to take this common material and make the products on which we depend - computer chips, solar cells and optical fibers. This book relates the underlying scientific discoveries to the products made from sand.


Sand to Silicon
Language: en
Pages: 209
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Categories: Corporations
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Sand and Silicon
Language: en
Pages: 157
Authors: Denis McWhan
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-02-23 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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This is a story about sand and how science and silicon changed our lives. Over the last century science taught us to take this common material and make the prod
Sand and Silicon
Language: en
Pages: 160
Authors: Denis McWhan
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-02-23 - Publisher: OUP Oxford

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This is a story about sand and how science and silicon changed our lives. Over the last century, science taught us how to take this most common material and cre
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Pages: 0
Authors: Shivanand Kanavi
Categories: Computer engineering
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