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)

Subject(s):

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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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Plaksha University Library	Engineering	620.0092 SHU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		004889

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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