
Michael Riordan
Author of Crystal Fire: The Birth of the Information Age
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Crystal Fire: The Invention of the Transistor and the Birth of the Information Age (Sloan Technology Series) by Michael Riordan
I don't see how you can understand the latter half of the 20th century without knowing about the birth of the transistor, the engineering feat which gave us personal computers, smartphones, and so much more. This is a well-written account of the discovery. This is part of the great Sloan Technology Series.
Crystal Fire: The Invention of the Transistor and the Birth of the Information Age (Sloan Technology Series) by Michael Riordan
The first third of this is all quantum physics ( finally made the connection that it's the Pauli principle that's keeping atoms from collasping, that's why it was neccessary )
Crystal Fire: The Invention of the Transistor and the Birth of the Information Age (Sloan Technology Series) by Michael Riordan
The first third of this is all quantum physics ( finally made the connection that it's the Pauli principle that's keeping atoms from collasping, that's why it was neccessary )
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