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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Moira: May and Billy
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Hubris: war and the transistor
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Nemesis: Silicon Valley and obsession
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Reviews
'At last, the definitive, unstinting biography of this hugely important historical figure - complete with all his contradictions and idiosyncrasies.' - Michael Riordan, coauthor of Crystal Fire
'Shurkin deftly tackles this complex figure - and his unraveling - and delivers an unflinching portrait of a tragic life.' - Seed Magazine
'Shurkin does a good job of portraying a difficult man - a vivid portrait.'- NewScientist
'The other wonderful thing about this book is that it manages to convey the excitement of scientific inquiry and invention.' - New York Sun
'Shurkin is a good storyteller, and better still as a researcher of the personal facts.' - Nobel Laureate Professor Philip Anderson, Times Higher Educational Supplement
'FIVE STARS: this gripping biography gives a balanced picture of the most bizarre of the great names of electronics. Recommended.' - Brian Clegg, author of The God Effect and Light Years
'I recommend it to people curious about the history of technology and the computer or anyone interested in a rise and fall of truly epic proportions.' - Cory Ondrejka, CTO Linden Labs/Second Life
'This portrait of a flawed giant reveals a man crushed under the weight of his own pathological insecurities.' - David Bodanis, Discover
'Masterfully walks the fine line between presenting Shockley as purely evil and legitimizing his more controversial theories - very readable.' - Physics World
'Shurkin reveals Shockley to be a fascinating example of an Aristotelian tragic hero - riveting.' - Nature
'This informed and candid biography asks, 'Why did a man so brilliant deliberately destroy himself?'' - Skeptical Inquiry
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Broken Genius
Book Subtitle: The Rise and Fall of William Shockley, Creator of the Electronic Age
Authors: Joel N. Shurkin
Series Title: Macmillan Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-55229-6
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-8815-7Published: 13 June 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-230-55192-3Published: 13 June 2006
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-55229-6Published: 13 June 2006
Series ISSN: 2947-7387
Series E-ISSN: 2947-7395
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: IX, 302
Topics: US History, Modern History, Classical Electrodynamics, Popular Science, general, History of Science, Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary