Electronics,9780789455987

Electronics

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ISBN13: 9780789455987
ISBN10: 0789455986
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-02-23
Publisher(s): DK Publishing, Inc.
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Also joining the Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Books line will be eight science titles and four art titles, Earth, Energy, Electricity, Electronics, Time & Space, Evolution, Medicine, Ecology, Renaissance, Impressionism, Watercolor, and Perspective. As the seasons pass, Dorling Kindersley is proud to offer an ever-increasing number of these well-respected and popular books. Add to your collection of the series that changed non-fiction forever.

Table of Contents

What is electronics?
6(8)
The pre-electric world
8(2)
Electricity and magnetism
10(2)
Electromagnetic waves
12(2)
The importance of frequency
14(2)
Resistors
16(2)
Inductors and transformers
18(2)
Capacitors
20(2)
Building circuits
22(2)
Communicating with electricity
24(2)
Moving electrons
26(2)
Using electrons
28(2)
Amplifiers
30(2)
Oscillators
32(2)
How filters work
34(2)
Semiconductors
36(2)
Development of the transistor
38(2)
High frequencies
40(2)
Translating useful signals
42(2)
The visual connection
44(2)
Analog and digital
46(2)
Signals and codes
48(2)
Logical rules
50(2)
Integrated circuits
52(2)
Making microchips
54(2)
How electronic devices remember
56(2)
Microprocessors
58(2)
A different way of life
60(2)
The future of electronics
62(2)
Index 64

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