Broken Genius : The rise and fall of William Shockley, creator of the electronic age /
By: Shurkin, Joel N [author.].
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BookSeries: Macmillan Science: Publisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.Description: IX, 302 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780230552296.Subject(s): History | History, Modern | United States -- History | Science | Optics | Electrodynamics | Popular works | History | US History | Modern History | Optics and Electrodynamics | Popular Science, general | History of Science | Science, generalDDC classification: 973 Online resources: Click here to access online
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Springer eBooksSummary: 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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