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050 00 a| TK140.S466b| S58 2006;

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100 1 a| Shurkin, Joel N.,d| 1938-=| ^A178111;

245 10 a| Broken genius :b| the rise and fall of William Shockley, creator of the electronic age /c| Joel N. Shurkin.;

260 a| London ;a| New York :b| Macmillan,c| 2006.;

300 a| ix, 297 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-284) and index.;

505 0 a| 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'.;

600 10 a| Shockley, William,d| 1910-1989.=| ^A544965;

600 10 a| Shockley, William,d| 1910-1989x| Adversaries.=| ^A544965;

650 0 a| Electrical engineersz| United Statesv| Biography.=| ^A511287;

650 0 a| Social Darwinismv| Biography.=| ^A104998;

650 0 a| Nobel Prize winnersv| Biography.=| ^A1037290;

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

Author/creator	Shurkin, Joel N., 1938-
Format	Book
Publication Info	London ; New York : Macmillan, 2006.
Description	ix, 297 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Subjects	Shockley, William, 1910-1989. Shockley, William, 1910-1989--Adversaries. Electrical engineers--United States. --Biography. Social Darwinism--Biography. Nobel Prize winners--Biography.

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'.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-284) and index.
LCCN	2006041039
ISBN	1403988153 (cloth)
ISBN	9781403988157 (cloth)

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