Crystal Fire

1997 Computers

Author : Michael Riordan
Release : 1997
Genre : Computers
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Book Rating : 248/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Crystal Fire written by Michael Riordan. This book was released on 1997. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's hard to imagine any device more crucial to modern life than the microchip and the transistor from which it sprang. Every waking hour of every day people benefit from its use in cellular phones, computers, radios, TVs, and ATMs. This eloquent retelling of the story behind the invention of the transistor recounts how pride and jealousy coupled with scientific aspirations ignited the greatest technological explosion in history. Photos & drawings.

Crystal Fire: The Invention of the Transistor and the Birth of the Information Age

2023-10-24 Technology & Engineering

Author : Michael Riordan
Release : 2023-10-24
Genre : Technology & Engineering
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Book Rating : 841/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Crystal Fire: The Invention of the Transistor and the Birth of the Information Age by : Michael Riordan

Download or read book Crystal Fire: The Invention of the Transistor and the Birth of the Information Age written by Michael Riordan. This book was released on 2023-10-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Without the invention of the transistor, I'm quite sure that the PC would not exist as we know it today."—Bill Gates On December 16, 1947, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain, physicists at Bell Laboratories, jabbed two electrodes into a sliver of germanium. The power flowing from the germanium far exceeded what went in; in that moment the transistor was invented and the Information Age was born. No other devices have been as crucial to modern life as the transistor and the microchip it spawned, but the story of the science and personalities that made these inventions possible has not been fully told until now. Crystal Fire fills this gap and carries the story forward. William Shockley, Bell Labs' team leader and co-recipient of the Nobel Prize with Brattain and Bardeen for the discovery, grew obsessed with the transistor and went on to become the father of Silicon Valley. Here is a deeply human story about the process of invention — including the competition and economic aspirations involved — all part of the greatest technological explosion in history. The intriguing history of the transistor — its inventors, physics, and stunning impact on society and the economy — unfolds here in a richly told tale."—Science News "Thoroughly accessible to lay readers as well as the techno-savvy. . . . [A] fine book."—Publishers Weekly

Silicon, From Sand to Chips, Volume 1

2024-06-04 Technology & Engineering

Author : Alain Vignes
Release : 2024-06-04
Genre : Technology & Engineering
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Book Rating : 602/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Silicon, From Sand to Chips, Volume 1 written by Alain Vignes. This book was released on 2024-06-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Silicon is the material of the digital revolution, of solar energy and of digital photography, which has revolutionized both astronomy and medical imaging. It is also the material of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), indispensable components of smart objects. The discovery of the electronic and optoelectronic properties of germanium and silicon during the Second World War, followed by the invention of the transistor, ushered in the digital age. Although the first transistors were made from germanium, silicon eventually became the preferred material for these technologies. Silicon, From Sand to Chips 1 traces the history of the discoveries, inventions and developments in basic components and chips that these two materials enabled one after the other. The book is divided into two volumes and this first volume is devoted to basic microelectronic components.

Conquering the Electron

2020-02-24 History

Author : Derek Cheung
Release : 2020-02-24
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 933/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Conquering the Electron written by Derek Cheung. This book was released on 2020-02-24. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conquering the Electron offers readers a true and engaging history of the world of electronics, beginning with the discoveries of static electricity and magnetism and ending with the creation of the smartphone and the iPad. This book shows the interconnection of each advance to the next on the long journey to our modern-day technologies. Exploring the combination of genius, infighting, and luck that powered the creation of today's electronic age, Conquering the Electron debunks the hero worship so often plaguing the stories of great advances. Want to know how AT&T’s Bell Labs developed semiconductor technology—and how its leading scientists almost came to blows in the process? Want to understand how radio and television work—and why RCA drove their inventors to financial ruin and early graves? Conquering the Electron offers these stories and more, presenting each revolutionary technological advance right alongside blow-by-blow personal battles that all too often took place.

The Electronics Revolution

2017-05-25 Technology & Engineering

Author : J.B. Williams
Release : 2017-05-25
Genre : Technology & Engineering
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 885/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Electronics Revolution by : J.B. Williams

Download or read book The Electronics Revolution written by J.B. Williams. This book was released on 2017-05-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about how electronics, computing, and telecommunications have profoundly changed our lives – the way we work, live, and play. It covers a myriad of topics from the invention of the fundamental devices, and integrated circuits, through radio and television, to computers, mobile telephones and GPS. Today our lives are ruled by electronics as they control the home and computers dominate the workspace. We walk around with mobile phones and communicate by email. Electronics didn’t exist until into the twentieth century. The industrial revolution is the term usually applied to the coming of steam, railways and the factory system. In the twentieth century, it is electronics that has changed the way we gather our information, entertain ourselves, communicate and work. This book demonstrates that this is, in fact, another revolution.

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