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OverviewWilliam Shockley - The Father of Silicon Valley is the biography of William Shockley, who co-invented the transistor, and was awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics. Shockley's attempts to commercialize a new transistor design in the 1950s and 1960s led to California's Silicon Valley becoming a hotbed of electronics innovation. In his later life, Shockley was a professor at Stanford, and he also became a staunch advocate of eugenics. Shockley was a popular speaker/lecturer, and an amateur magician. Late in his life, Shockley became intensely interested in questions of race, intelligence and eugenics. William Shockley - The Father of Silicon Valley is highly recommended for those interested in reading more about this inventor of the transistor. Full Product DetailsAuthor: BiographiqPublisher: Biographiq Imprint: Biographiq Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.077kg ISBN: 9781599861098ISBN 10: 1599861097 Pages: 48 Publication Date: 09 March 2008 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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