Implosion: Lessons from National Security, High Reliability Spacecraft, Electronics, and the Forces Which Changed Them (Paperback)

Implosion is a focused study of the history and uses of high-reliability, solid-state electronics, military standards, and space systems that support our national security and defense. This book is unique in combining the interdependent evolution of and interrelationships among military standards, solid-state electronics, and very high-reliability space systems.

Starting with a brief description of the physics that enabled the development of the first transistor, Implosion covers the need for standardizing military electronics, which began during World War II and continues today. The book shows how these twin topics affected, and largely enabled, the highest reliability and most technologically capable robotic systems ever conceived.

This riveting history helps readers:

• Realize the complex interdependence of solid-state electronics and practical implementations in the national security and defense space programs
• Understand the evolution of military standards for piece parts, quality, and reliability as they affected these programs
• Gain insight into the attempted reforms of federal systems acquisition of security- and defense-related space systems in the latter half of the twentieth century
• Appreciate the complexity of science and technology public policy decisions in the context of political, organizational, and economic realities

Written in clear, jargon-free language, but with plenty of technical detail, Implosion is a must-read for aerospace and aviation engineers, manufacturers, and enthusiasts; technology students and historians; and anyone interested in the history of technology, military technology, and the space program.

「Implosion」是一本專注於高可靠性固態電子、軍事標準和支援國家安全和國防的太空系統的歷史和應用的研究。這本書獨特之處在於結合了軍事標準、固態電子和高可靠性太空系統之間相互依存的演變和相互關係。

從簡要描述了第一個晶體管的物理原理開始，《Implosion》探討了在二戰期間開始並持續至今的軍事電子標準化的需求。本書展示了這兩個主題如何影響並在很大程度上實現了有史以來最可靠和技術能力最強大的機器人系統。

這本引人入勝的歷史書籍幫助讀者：
- 了解固態電子和國家安全和國防太空計劃中的實際應用之間的複雜相互依賴關係
- 理解軍事標準對零件、質量和可靠性的演變對這些計劃的影響
- 深入了解二十世紀後半期聯邦系統針對安全和國防相關太空系統的改革嘗試
- 在政治、組織和經濟現實的背景下，欣賞科學和技術公共政策決策的複雜性

《Implosion》以清晰、不帶行話的語言撰寫，但又包含豐富的技術細節，是航空航天工程師、製造商和愛好者、科技學生和歷史學家以及對技術、軍事技術和太空計劃的歷史感興趣的人必讀之作。