Broken genius : the rise and fall of William Shockley, creator of the electronic age
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
Biographies
1 online resource (ix, 297 pages) : illustrations
9780230552296, 0230552293
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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'