Broken Genius: the rise and fall of william shockley, creator of the electronic age

By:

Shurkin, Joel N

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London Palgrave Macmillan 2008Description: ix, 297pISBN:

9781403988157 (hb)

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DDC classification:

620.0092 SHU

Summary: This is the first biography of William Shockley, founding father of Silicon Valley - one of the most significant and reviled scientists of the 20th century. Drawing upon unique access to the private Shockley archives, veteran technology historian and journalist Joel Shurkin gives an unflinching account of how such promise ended in such ignominy.

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This is the first biography of William Shockley, founding father of Silicon Valley - one of the most significant and reviled scientists of the 20th century. Drawing upon unique access to the private Shockley archives, veteran technology historian and journalist Joel Shurkin gives an unflinching account of how such promise ended in such ignominy.

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