TY  - BOOK
AU  - McWhan,Denis
TI  - Sand and silicon: science that changed the world 
SN  - 9780199640270 (hbk.) :
AV  - TA455.S3 M39 2012
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Sand
KW  - Silicon
KW  - Industrial applications
KW  - History
KW  - Halbleitertechnologie
KW  - gnd
KW  - Silicium
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-138) and index; Submarines, clocks, and sensors -- The architecture of sand -- How pure is pure -- Impurities are key -- The sun shines bright -- How small is small -- Through the looking glass -- Sand is everywhere
N2  - "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 layer by atomic layer.  The principles of thermodynamics are used to transform sand into ultra-pure silicon.  Quantum mechanics gave birth to the electronic age and the computer chip in which dopants are precisely place in ultra-pure silicon.  The absorption and emission and reflection of quanta of light, photons, underlies solar cells, light emitting diodes, radiation detectors, and optical fibers.  This book follows the history of these scientific discoveries and relates them to the products made from sand" --Back cover
ER  -