Sand and Silicon

Sand and Silicon
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 157
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ISBN-10 : 9780199640270
ISBN-13 : 0199640270
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Book Synopsis Sand and Silicon by : Denis McWhan

Download or read book Sand and Silicon written by Denis McWhan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-02-23 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a story about sand and how science and silicon changed our lives. Over the last century science taught us to take this common material and make the products on which we depend - computer chips, solar cells and optical fibers. This book relates the underlying scientific discoveries to the products made from sand.


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