Bibliograph

Broken genius, the rise and fall of William Shockley, creator of the electronic age, Joel N. Shurkin

Type

Label

Broken genius, the rise and fall of William Shockley, creator of the electronic age, Joel N. Shurkin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-284) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Broken genius

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

64511173

Responsibility statement

Joel N. Shurkin

Sub title

the rise and fall of William Shockley, creator of the electronic age

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'

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