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Semiconductors and the Information Revolution: Magic Crystals that made IT happen

Chapter 1: What Exactly is a Semiconductor: and what can it do?

Chapter 2: The First Hundred Years: From Faraday to Yesterday

Chapter 3: Birth of the Transistor: Point Contacts and P-N Junctions

Chapter 4: Micro and Macro: The Integrated Circuit and Power Electronics

Chapter 5: Laser Beams and Microwaves: Gallium Arsenide and Indium Phosphide

Chapter 6: Quantum Theory and Quantum Practice: The Nanostructure Revolution

Chapter 7: Light-Emitting Diodes: White Light for Green Consumers

Chapter 8: Information Highways and the Fibre Revolution

Chapter 9: Seeing in the Dark: Image Tubes and Thermal Viewers

Chapter 10: Large Area Electronics: Flat Screen TV and Solar Electricity

Nobel Prizes for Semiconductor Research

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Semiconductors and the Information Revolution: Magic Crystals that made IT happen JOHN ORTON