Crystal Fire
Author | : Michael Riordan |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : 9780393041248 |
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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.