Broken genius : the rise and fall of William Shockley, creator of the Electronic Age / by Joel N. Sh...
Broken genius : the rise and fall of William Shockley, creator of the Electronic Age / by Joel N. Sh...
Broken genius : the rise and fall of William Shockley, creator of the Electronic Age / by Joel N. Shurkin.
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Publisher
New York : Macmillan, 2006.
Date
2006.
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N621.38109/5
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Language
English
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Physical content
ix, 297 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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Publisher
New York : Macmillan, 2006.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2006.
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"Boken Genius is the first biography of William Shockley, founding father of Silicon Valley - one of the most significant and reviled scientists of the Twentieth century. Shockley won a Nobel Prize for inventing the transistor, upon which almost everything that makes the modern world is based. Little has affected history as much as this device, dev...
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Broken genius : the rise and fall of William Shockley, creator of the Electronic Age / by Joel N. Shurkin.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Related resource (online)
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N621.38109/5
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74VKvov3Xa2b
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKvov3Xa2b
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ISBN
9781403988157 (cloth)
1403988153 (cloth)
DDC
621.381092 B
MMS ID
991021611789702626
