Nanotechnology Demystified Nanometer Nanophotonics
Nanotechnology Demystified Nanometer Nanophotonics
By Linda Williams, Wade Adams Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Review: not bad technically, but style was annoying I thought the book was not bad techniclly, albeit written at fairly low level, which I suppose it the focus of the book. However, the authors tried to be "cute" and "dumbed" down the writing, which I found annoying. For example, each chapter ended with a short quiz of 10-15 questions. Without fail, at least 1-2 questions had one absurd and stupid multiple choice answer. For example, Chapt 2, question 9 asks "a nanometer is equal to...?," and choice (a) is "zillionth of a meter." Pretty stupid-right? Chapter 3, question 4 read.freeduan.com asks "nanotechnology allows Material to be created from...?," and choice (c) is "dust bunnies." Even more stupid. Chapt 4, question 6 asks "which of the following tools are not used by nanotechnologists in their work" and choice (d) is "a can opener." OK, now it's getting annoying. This continues through out the entire book, with each chapter having at least one such stupid choice. I don't know if the authors were trying to be funny, amusing, or inject some levity, but I think it had the effect of "dumbing-down the book." I found it rather annoying. It really wasn't the most scholarly work, but if you know absolutely nothing about nanotechnology, and wish to know at least the basic terminology, I suppose it's worth reading. http://mihd.net/sx8trq http://rapidshare.com/files/43668226/Nanotechnology_Demystified__Williams_L__McGraw-Hill_2006.rar Nanotechnologie Demystified Nanometer Nanophotonik
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