How the New Technology Works: A Guide to High-Tech Concepts / Edition 2

by Patricia Barnes-Svarney

Overview

DescriptionNamed one of Library Jourbanal'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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781573561389
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	02/24/1998
Edition description:	REVISED & UPDATED
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.31(d)
Age Range:	12 - 17 Years

About the Author

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 jourbanals. 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.

Table of Contents

Preface
Seventeen Major High-Tech
Artificial Intelligence
Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
Chip
Cryogenics
Digital Image Processing
Electric Power Generation
Fiber Optics
Laser
Machine Vision
Medical Imaging
Micromachining and Nanotechnology
Networking
Online Databases
Optical Data Storage
Robots
Supercomputers
Superconductivity
High-Tech Principles and Concepts
The Electromagnetic Spectrum
Communications
Digital Signals
Binary Numbers
The Metric (SI) System
Brief Descriptions of Selected High-Tech Items
Bar Coding
CAD (Computer-Aided Design)
CAM (Computer-Aided Manufacture)
CCDs (Charged-Coupled Devices)
Ceramics
Circuits
Communications Satellites
CRT (Cathode Ray Tube)
Global Positioning System (GPS)
Holography
Integrated Optics (IO)
LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)
Microscopes
Microwave Oven
Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
Planetary Spacecraft
Radar
Semiconductors
Sensors
Transistors
Index

Editorial Reviews

The first edition was titled, Key to high-tech; a user-friendly guide to the new technology. Cone explains for the lay reader AI, fiber optics, medical imaging, semiconductors . . . , their principles and value to industry. A final section deals with components and applications. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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