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Sand and silicon : science that changed the world /

This is a story about sand and how science and silicon changed our lives. Over the last century, science taught us how to take this most common material and create the products on which we depend. It allows us to determine the atomic structure of materials and to grow novel, new materials atomic lay...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McWhan, Denis
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Preface; Contents; List of Figures; 1 Submarines, Clocks, and Sensors; 2 The Architecture of Sand; 3 How Pure is Pure?; 4 Impurities are Key; 5 The Sun Shines Bright; 6 How Small is Small?; 7 Through the Looking Glass; 8 Sand is Everywhere; Bibliography; Index