INDEX A Acceptor, 25­27, 54, 73, 86, 91, 126, 145, 161, 211, 214 Adams, Alf, 242 Adams, William Grylls, 34 Aharonov-Bohm effect, 182 Akasaki, Isamu, 214­216, 218 Aldrin, "Buzz", 2, 144, 233, 293 Alferov, Zhores, 151, 327 Allen, John, 203 Alloy, 11, 13, 147, 189, 207, 239 Alpha-numeric display, 205, 283, 284 Alvarez, Luis, 117 Aluminium, 16, 25, 46, 53, 68, 86, 113, 139, 150, 154, 170, 185, 207 Aluminium antimonide (AlSb), 139, 140 Aluminium arsenide (AlAs), 136, 164, 172, 176, 177 Aluminuim gallium arsenide (AlGaAs), 151, Armstrong, Neil, 2, 144, 233, 293 Arthur, John, 169, 170 a-Si:H, amorphous silicon:hydrogen, 288­91, 301 Atalla, "John", 103 AT&T (American Telephone and Telegraph Co), 60, 63 Audion, 39, 62 Auger, Pierre Victor, 273 Auger process, 273 Automobile electronics, 129 Avalanche breakdown, 198 B Babinet, Jacques, 230 Baedeker, Karl, 42 Baird, John Logie, 231 Band gap, 25, 84, 91, 92, 135­40, 151, 159, 172, 175, 189, 190, 204, 207, 239, 248, 256,