The influence of semiconductors on the teaching of electronics¿ a review

Quotations from textbooks in electronics are used to illustrate the impact on education of achievements in semiconductor physics. This work led to the development of transistors and integrated circuits and to the changing fortunes of the microelectronics industry. It has also been responsible for continuous modification of the subject matter of electronics courses. An attempt is made not only to review these changes but to suggest what implications this process may have for the future.