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

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• Joel N. Shurkin (Stanford University)
• Tuesday 14 November 2006, 17:30-19:00
• Seminar Room 2, History and Philosophy of Science, Department of.

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Technology historian Joel Shurkin will discuss the life and work of William Shockley, the inventor of the transistor who became one of the most hated scientists of the 20th century.

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