Download or read book Crystal Fire written by Michael Riordan and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1997 with total page 384 pages. 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.
Download or read book Crystal Fire written by Michael Riordan and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1998 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work tells the human story of the process of invention that led to the invention of the transistor.
Download or read book Crystal Fire The Invention of the Transistor and the Birth of the Information Age written by Michael Riordan and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2023-10-24 with total page 370 pages. 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
Download or read book Crystal Fire written by Kathleen Morgan and published by Leisure Books. This book was released on 1992 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A futuristic romance that Janelle Taylor calls, "a unique and magical tale". Marissa frees the daring warrior Brace from unjust imprisonment to use as a pawn in exchange for her sister's freedom. But as the danger-filled days and the long cold nights pass, Marissa knows her mission is doomed. For how can she save her sister by betraying the man she loves?
Download or read book Fire in Frost written by Alicia Rades and published by Crystallite Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2017-01-19 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CRYSTAL FROST tells herself she isn’t crazy, but sane people don’t see ghosts. As her psychic abilities manifest, Crystal discovers she can see into the future, witness the past, and speak with the dead. Add blackmail to the list of things she never thought would happen to her, and you basically have her sophomore year covered. After spotting her first ghost, secrets from her family, friends, and classmates begin to surface. Uncovering secrets can be dangerous, but giving up means someone will get hurt. Again.
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Download or read book Crystal Fire written by Jordan Dane and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gabriel Stewart and his team of teen psychics resolve to end a plot by the obsessed leader of a fanatical church whose followers are brainwashing and torturing all psychic children in order to destroy them.
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Download or read book Makers of the Microchip written by Christophe Lecuyer and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2022-10-25 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first years of the company that developed the microchip and created the model for a successful Silicon Valley start-up. In the first three and a half years of its existence, Fairchild Semiconductor developed, produced, and marketed the device that would become the fundamental building block of the digital world: the microchip. Founded in 1957 by eight former employees of the Schockley Semiconductor Laboratory, Fairchild created the model for a successful Silicon Valley start-up: intense activity with a common goal, close collaboration, and a quick path to the market (Fairchild's first device hit the market just ten months after the company's founding). Fairchild Semiconductor was one of the first companies financed by venture capital, and its success inspired the establishment of venture capital firms in the San Francisco Bay area. These firms would finance the explosive growth of Silicon Valley over the next several decades. This history of the early years of Fairchild Semiconductor examines the technological, business, and social dynamics behind its innovative products. The centerpiece of the book is a collection of documents, reproduced in facsimile, including the company's first prospectus; ideas, sketches, and plans for the company's products; and a notebook kept by cofounder Jay Last that records problems, schedules, and tasks discussed at weekly meetings. A historical overview, interpretive essays, and an introduction to semiconductor technology in the period accompany these primary documents.
Download or read book Amaryllis written by Jayne Castle and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-08-24 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed for her novels of “delectably entertaining paranormal romantic suspense” (Booklist), the wildly popular alter ego of bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz takes off on a star-dusted excursion to a rich civilization where danger and passion are just a heartbeat away. Amaryllis Lark is one of the best psychic detectives on St. Helen’s, the Earth colony recently cut off from the mother planet—and a place where love defies the most incredible odds. Lucas Trent, the rugged head of Lodestar Exploration, isn’t attracted to prim and proper women and takes no interest in Amaryllis, with her crisp business suit and her aloof evaluation of his request to bust a corporate thief. But when a bold hunch leads them from a wild murder investigation to an electrifyingly red-hot love affair, no power on heaven, Earth, or St. Helen’s can keep them apart.
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