Reviews

"With unusual thoroughness--one might say patience--the author explains the physical effects used in the design of semiconductor devices in terms of simple concepts, drawing analogies to tennis balls and pieces of string....Its usefulness need not stop at the lay person; an intuitive scientist will also get a charge out of it."--Andrew Holmes-Siedle, Nature
"Very readable, and a must for anyone with a passing interest in how modern semiconductor chips work."--New Scientist
"Turton breaks new ground by presenting popular physics with the motivation for application."--Times Higher Education Supplement