How the New Technology Works: A Guide to High-Tech Concepts, 2nd Edition

(Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

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This guide aims to explain the basic scientific principles behind high-tech concepts, describes how these systems work and discusses how they impact our lives. Topics in this updated edition include: biotechnology, micromachining and nanotechnology; circuits, microscopes, pl anetary spacecraft, radar; high definition television (HDTV); Internet and World Wide Web; virtual reality; sheep cloning; defeat of world chess champion by a computer; and cryogenics and chip manufacturing.

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Provides concise and easy-to-understand presentations of selected high-tech topics.-E-Streams
The ordinary nontechnical reader will find the text easy to follow without any trace of talking down to the reader.... Most public librarians will find this a helpful reference work.-ARBA
The presentations are appropriate for high school level students and adults....Since the information is quite basic, it will remain appropriate for research for several years.-Public Library Quarterly
The volume is well organized....The book is well written, uses correct technical nomenclature, and provides current references for further reading. It also has a complete subject index at the end. I recommend Cone and Barnes-Svarney's How the New Technology Works highly for high school and college students, teaching professionals at the high school or college level, and general audiences.-Science Books & Films
"Provides concise and easy-to-understand presentations of selected high-tech topics."-E-Streams
"The ordinary nontechnical reader will find the text easy to follow without any trace of talking down to the reader.... Most public librarians will find this a helpful reference work."-ARBA
"The presentations are appropriate for high school level students and adults....Since the information is quite basic, it will remain appropriate for research for several years."-Public Library Quarterly
"The volume is well organized....The book is well written, uses correct technical nomenclature, and provides current references for further reading. It also has a complete subject index at the end. I recommend Cone and Barnes-Svarney's How the New Technology Works highly for high school and college students, teaching professionals at the high school or college level, and general audiences."-Science Books & Films

Author Bio

ROBERT J. CONE was formerly unit director of procurement in the Eastman Kodak Research Laboratories in Rochester, NY. He is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Mathematical Association of America. His articles have appeared in several national business journals. He is the author of the first edition of Key to High-Tech: A User-Friendly Guide to the New Technology. Cone is currently completing a biography of the Austrian logician, Kurt Godel. PATRICIA BARNES-SVARNEY has an extensive background in the physical sciences and has worked as a geomorphologist, physical oceanographer, and geochemist. Ms. Barnes-Svarney is the author of numerous books including Weather Around the World (with Thomas Svarney) e Handy Dinosaur Book (with Thomas Svarney) w the New Technology Works (with Robert Cone) teroid: Earth Destroyer or New Frontier d Comparing the Planets: Travelers Guide to the Solar System. She has also contributed to the award winning The New York Public Library Science Desk Reference. Additionally, her credits include over 350 articles for such magazines as Popular Science, Astronomy, Air & Space, Technology Review, Omni, and USAir.