Broken Genius: The Rise and Fall of William Shockley, Creator of the Electronic Age by Joel N. Shurkin

Broken Genius: The Rise and Fall of William Shockley, Creator of the Electronic Age

Joel N. Shurkin

378 pages first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science informative medium-paced
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When William Shockley invented the transistor, the world was changed forever and he was awarded the Nobel Prize. But today Shockley is often remembered only for his incendiary campaigning about race, intelligence, and genetics. His dubious researc...

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