An edition of Broken Genius
(2006)
Broken genius
the rise and fall of William Shockley, creator of the electronic age
by Joel N. Shurkin
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Electric engineers, Social darwinism, Nobel prizes, United states, biography, Nobel Prize winners, Electrical engineers, Adversaries, Biography, Social Darwinism, Scientists, biography, London (england), biography, Ingénieurs électriciens, Biographies, Darwinisme social, Enemies, Transistoren, Nobel PrizesPeople
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Broken Genius: The Rise and Fall of William Shockley - Creator of the Electronic Age
2010, Palgrave Macmillan
in English
1281283851 9781281283856
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Broken Genius: The Rise and Fall of William Shockley, Creator of the Electronic Age
November 13, 2007, Macmillan
Paperback
in English
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Broken genius: the rise and fall of William Shockley, creator of the electronic age
2006, Macmillan
in English
1403988153 9781403988157
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Broken Genius: The Rise and Fall of William Shockley, Creator of the Electronic Age
June 8, 2006, Macmillan
Hardcover
in English
1403988153 9781403988157
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BROKEN GENIUS: THE RISE AND FALL OF WILLIAM SHOCKLEY, CREATOR OF THE ELECTRONIC AGE.
Publish date unknown, MACMILLAN UK
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Table of Contents
I: 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'.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-284) and index.
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