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How the New Technology Works: A Guide to High-Tech Concepts Second Edition - Softcover

Cone, Robert J.; Barnes-Svarney, Patricia

 
9781573561389: How the New Technology Works: A Guide to High-Tech Concepts Second Edition
Softcover
ISBN 10: 157356138X ISBN 13: 9781573561389
Verlag: Greenwood, 1998

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DescriptionNamed one of Library Journal's Best Sci-Tech Books in 1991, How the New Technology Works was praised as containing .a wealth of basic information on the frontiers of high technology. Now, this user-friendly guide has been substantially updated. It explains more than 40 high-tech topics in clear, easy-to-read language. Among the new topics covered in this fascinating reference work are micromachining, nanotechnology, biotechnology, planetary spacecraft, charged-coupled devices (CCD), global positioning systems (GPS), and circuits. The original entries have also been updated to reflect the latest technological developments in fields such as genetic engineering, lasers, networking, optical data storage, robotics, and supercomputers.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

ROBERT J. CONE was formerly unit director of procurement in the Eastman Kodak Research Laboratories in Rochester, NY. He is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Mathematical Association of America. His articles have appeared in several national business journals. He is the author of the first edition of Key to High-Tech: A User-Friendly Guide to the New Technology. Cone is currently completing a biography of the Austrian logician, Kurt Godel.

PATRICIA BARNES-SVARNEY has an extensive background in the physical sciences and has worked as a geomorphologist, physical oceanographer, and geochemist. Ms. Barnes-Svarney is the author of numerous books including Weather Around the World (with Thomas Svarney)

e Handy Dinosaur Book (with Thomas Svarney)

w the New Technology Works (with Robert Cone)

teroid: Earth Destroyer or New Frontier?

d Comparing the Planets: Travelers Guide to the Solar System. She has also contributed to the award winning The New York Public Library Science Desk Reference. Additionally, her credits include over 350 articles for such magazines as Popular Science, Astronomy, Air & Space, Technology Review, Omni, and USAir.

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Verlag
Greenwood
Erscheinungsdatum
1998
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
157356138X
ISBN 13 
9781573561389
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
2
Anzahl der Seiten
144
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