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Record ID marc_loc_updates/v37.i11.records.utf8:9493729:2042
Source Library of Congress
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LEADER: 02042cam a22003374a 4500
001 2006041039
003 DLC
005 20090311090930.0
008 060228s2006 enka b 001 0beng
010 $a 2006041039
020 $a1403988153 (cloth)
020 $a9781403988157
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm64511173
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dBAKER$dGK8$dYBM$dDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aTK140.S466$bS58 2006
082 00 $a621.381092$aB$222
100 1 $aShurkin, Joel N.,$d1938-
245 10 $aBroken genius :$bthe rise and fall of William Shockley, creator of the electronic age /$cJoel N. Shurkin.
260 $aLondon ;$aNew York :$bMacmillan,$c2006.
300 $aix, 297 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 274-284) and index.
505 0 $aI: Moira: May and Billy -- 'I've got dark eyes. I can frighten people' -- The lightness of being -- II: Hubris: war and the transistor -- 'Of a highly explosive character' -- 'I hope you have better luck in the future' -- 'I think we better call Shockley' -- 'There's enough glory in this for everybody' -- '...To do my climbing by moonlight & unroped' -- 'Well-equipped female with brains' -- III: Nemesis: silicon valley and obsession -- 'Really peculiar ideas about how to motivate people' -- 'Three generations of imbeciles are enough' -- 'What law of nature have you discovered?' -- 'Someday we may actually be terrible alone' -- 'The high cost of thinking the unthinkable' -- 'I love you'.
600 10 $aShockley, William,$d1910-
600 10 $aShockley, William,$d1910-$xAdversaries.
650 0 $aElectrical engineers$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aSocial Darwinism$vBiography.
650 0 $aNobel prize winners$vBiography.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0614/2006041039.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0629/2006041039-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0629/2006041039-d.html