Silicon Earth: Introduction to Microelectronics and Nanotechnology, 2/e (Paperback)

We are in the center of the most life-changing technological revolution the Earth has ever known. In little more than 65 years, an eye-blink in human history, a single technological invention has launched the proverbial thousand ships, producing the most sweeping and pervasive set of changes ever to wash over humankind; changes that are reshaping the very core of human existence, on a global scale, at a relentlessly accelerating pace. And we are just at the very beginning.

Silicon Earth: Introduction to Microelectronics and Nanotechnology introduces readers with little or no technical background to the marvels of microelectronics and nanotechnology, using straightforward language, an intuitive approach, minimal math, and lots of pictures. The general scientific and engineering underpinnings of microelectronics and nanotechnology are described, as well as how this new technological revolution is transforming a broad array of interdisciplinary fields, and civilization as a whole. Special "widget deconstruction" chapters address the inner workings of ubiquitous micro/nano-enabled pieces of technology, such as smartphones, flash drives, and digital cameras.

Completely updated and upgraded to full color, the Second Edition:

• Includes new material on the design of electronic systems, the future of electronics, and the societal impact of micro/nanotechnology
• Provides new widget deconstructions of cutting-edge tech gadgets like the GPS-enabled smartwatch
• Adds end-of-chapter study questions and hundreds of new color photos

Silicon Earth: Introduction to Microelectronics and Nanotechnology, Second Edition is a pick-up-and-read-cover-to-cover book for those curious about the micro/nanoworld, as well as a classroom-tested, student-and-professor-approved text ideal for an undergraduate-level university course. Lecture slides, homework examples, a deconstruction project, and discussion threads are available via an author-maintained website.

我們正處於地球上最具生命改變力的科技革命中心。在人類歷史上短短65年的時間裡，一項科技發明引發了無數變革，對人類產生了最廣泛和深遠的影響，這些變革正在以無情加速的速度全球範圍內重新塑造人類存在的核心。而我們現在只是剛剛開始。

《矽地球：微電子與納米技術入門》以簡單易懂的語言、直觀的方法、最少的數學和大量圖片，向沒有或幾乎沒有技術背景的讀者介紹了微電子和納米技術的奇妙之處。書中描述了微電子和納米技術的一般科學和工程基礎，以及這場新的科技革命如何轉變了廣泛的跨學科領域和整個文明。特別的「小工具解構」章節介紹了智能手機、閃存驅動器和數碼相機等普遍使用的微/納米技術產品的內部運作原理。

全新升級至彩色的第二版：
- 新增了關於電子系統設計、電子技術的未來以及微/納米技術對社會的影響等新內容
- 提供了對最新科技產品（如GPS智能手錶）的小工具解構
- 增加了章末的學習問題和數百張新的彩色照片

《矽地球：微電子與納米技術入門，第二版》是一本適合對微/納米世界感到好奇的人從頭到尾閱讀的書籍，也是一本經過課堂測試、學生和教授們一致推薦的本科水平大學課程教材。作者維護的網站提供了講義、作業示例、解構項目和討論串。