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Broken Genius

The Rise and Fall of William Shockley, Creator of the Electronic Age
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This is the first biography of William Shockley, founding father of Silicon Valley - one of the most significant and reviled scientists of the 20th century. Drawing upon unique access to the private Shockley archives, veteran technology historian and journalist Joel Shurkin gives an unflinching account of how such promise ended in such ignominy.

Author Biography:

JOEL N. SHURKIN is Science Writer Emeritus at Stanford University, USA, where he has written and taught for many years. He covered the moon landings for Reuters, served ten years as Science Writer at the Philadelphia Inquirer and was on the team that won a Pulitzer Prize for covering Three Mile Island, among many other awards. He has written nine books including Terman's Kids (Little, Brown) about the study of gifted students, Invisible Fire, on the eradication of smallpox, a science-fiction novel called The Helix (Norton) and most recently A Consumer's Gu
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June 13th, 2006
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  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Undergraduate
Edition
2nd ed. 2006
Illustrations
IX, 302 p.
Pages
302
Dimensions
152x229x24
ISBN-13
9780230551923
Product ID
2351999

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