The Silicon Web, by Michael G. Raymer, is for a university physics course for nonscience students called The Physics Behind Computers and the Internet. The course teaches the simple basics of physics, including mechanics, electromagnetism, waves, optics, and atomic and quantum physics, plus related technology such as information, communication, semiconductor devices, lasers, and optical physics and technology. The course is presented at a level suitable for students with little or no physics background and minimum math skills.

   From the Foreword, by Louis Bloomfield: "To make physics more immediately appealing and relevant to a broad audience, you have to teach it in a real context. That is exactly what Michael Raymer has done in this book. The Silicon Web is an elegant and elaborate textbook, one that examines the science underlying the current revolution in communications technology."

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