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The Physics of Information Technology, first published in 2000, explores the familiar devices that we use to collect, transform, transmit, and interact with electronic information. Many such devices operate surprisingly close to very many fundamental physical limits. Understanding how such devices work, and how they can (and cannot) be improved, requires deep insight into the character of physical law as well as engineering practice. The book starts with an introduction to units, forces, and the probabilistic foundations of noise and signalling, then progresses through the electromagnetics of wired and wireless communications, and the quantum mechanics of electronic, optical, and magnetic materials, to discussions of mechanisms for computation, storage, sensing, and display. This self-contained volume will help both physical scientists and computer scientists see beyond the conventional division between hardware and software to understand the implications of physical theory for information manipulation.

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Physics

• Full title: Physics of Information Technology
• Author: Neil (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Gershenfeld
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 388
• EAN: 9780521580441
• ISBN: 0521580447
• ID: 02036037
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 870 g
• Dimensions: 180 × 254 × 30 mm
• Date of publishing: 16. October 2000

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