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Principles of Analog Electronics
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Principles of Analog Electronics

by Giovanni Saggio
January 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
567 pages
23h 13m
English
CRC Press
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Nature of Matter
Electrical and electronic engineering essentially originate from exploiting the
motion of electrical charges. These constitute fundamental parts of matter, which
makes it essential to know its basic elements, namely the atoms. In the past, many
theories regarding the structure of an atom has been hypothesized; let’s consider
here the most relevant.
3.1 ATOMIC MODEL
We can start with the model of Democritus (Democritus, Greek philosopher,
460–370 BCE) who hypothesized that all matter was discontinuous, so in trying
to divide it iteratively, there was a limit beyond which the matter itself could not
be decomposed anymore. Theref ...
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ISBN: 9781466582026