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Engineering Reality [MultiFormat]
eBook by Jeff Hecht
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eBook Category: Science Fiction
eBook Description: With the deadline date upon them, two engineers struggle to save a project that seems doomed to failure, and learn the real power behind engineering.
eBook Publisher: Fictionwise.com, Published: Galaxy, 1996
Fictionwise Release Date: January 2005
Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: Adobe Acrobat (PDF) [146 KB], eReader (PDB) [18 KB], Palm Doc (PDB) [4 KB], Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [4 KB], Microsoft Reader (LIT) [68 KB] - PocketPC 1.0+ Compatible, Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [73 KB], hiebook (KML) [20 KB], Sony Reader (LRF) [29 KB], iSilo (PDB) [3 KB], Mobipocket (PRC) [4 KB], Kindle Compatible (MOBI) [32 KB], OEBFF Format (IMP) [9 KB]
Words: 1061
Reading time: 3-4 min.
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Ping, ping, ping, went the power supply for the laser. At each ping, a surge of current triggered the laser to fire a pulse of light at a detector just a few inches away. The detector turned the light into an electrical signal, which travelled through a thin cable to a module plugged into the latest in signal-processing electronics. "Still 50.2 millijoules a pulse, dammit," muttered the older of the two engineers, pointing to a digital readout.
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