This book takes a fresh look at the work, thoughts, and life of 1956 Nobel Prize winner William B.
The author\'s unparalleled access to Shockley\'s personal documents provides insight into a colorful, yet controversial, man, and also shed.
It reconstructs Shockley\'s upbringing, his patriotic achievements during World War II, his contribution to semiconductor physics - culminating with the epoch-making invention of the transistor - and his views on the social issues of his time.
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This book takes a fresh look at the work, thoughts, and life of 1956 Nobel Prize winner William B