| Description |
ix, 297 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-284) and index. |
| 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'. |
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Shockley, William, 1910-1989.
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Shockley, William, 1910-1989 -- Adversaries.
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Electrical engineers -- United States -- Biography.
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Social Darwinism -- Biography.
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Nobel prize winners -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
1403988153 (cloth) |
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9781403988157 |
| Standard No. |
IG# 1403988153 |
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YDXCP 2365871 |
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NLGGC 292460384 |
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NZ1 10701998 |
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