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Crystal fire : the birth of the information age
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Crystal fire : the birth of the information age
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Tells the story of the team of men, including John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley, who were responsible for the invention of the transistor at Bell Telephone Laboratories in New Jersey in 1947, and shared the 1956 Nobel Prize for their work.
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Title
Crystal fire : the birth of the information age
Call No
621.381 Rio
Edition
1st ed.
Authors
Riordan, Michael
Hoddeson, Lillian
Subjects
Electronics--History.
Transistors--History.
Language
English
Published
New York : Norton, 1997.
Publication Desc
x, 352 p.
ISBN
0393041247
LCCN
96047464
Target Audience
Adult