Silicon earth: introduction to microelectronics and nanotechnology

The communications revolution

A matter of scale

Innumerable biographies : a brief history of the field

Widget deconstruction #1 : smartphone

Semiconductors : lite!

Widget deconstruction #2 : USB flash drive

Bricks and mortar : micro/nanoelectronics fabrication

Transistors : lite!

From transistors to circuits to systems

Microtools and toys : MEMS, NEMS, and BioMEMS

Widget deconstruction #3 : GPS

Let there be light : the bright world of photonics

The future of electronics

The nanoworld : fact and fiction

Societal impacts

Appendix A : properties of silicon

Appendix B : some basic concepts from physics and electrical engineering

Appendix C : a grab-bag glossary of useful techno-geek terms and acronyms.