The Rise and Fall of William Shockley, Creator of the Electronic Age
A portrait of the controversial Nobel Prize-winning scientist documents his invention of the transistor and role in the founding of Silicon Valley before his beliefs about remedial education, race, and the sterilization of low-intelligence individuals destroyed his reputation. Reprint.
The Rise and Fall of William Shockley, Creator of the Electronic Age
A portrait of the controversial Nobel Prize-winning scientist documents his invention of the transistor and role in the founding of Silicon Valley before his beliefs about remedial education, race, and the sterilization of low-intelligence individuals destroyed his reputation. Reprint.