William Shockley : the will to think / Bo Lojek.
Lojek, Bo.
2021
QC16.S56
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Title William Shockley : the will to think / Bo Lojek.
Author Lojek, Bo.
ISBN 9783030659585 (electronic bk.)
3030659585 (electronic bk.)
9783030659592 (print)
3030659593
9783030659608 (print)
3030659607
3030659577
9783030659578
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65958-5
Publication Details Cham : Springer, 2021.
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-030-65958-5 doi
Call Number QC16.S56
Dewey Decimal Classification 530.092
Summary This book takes a fresh look at the work, thoughts, and life of 1956 Nobel Prize winner William B. Shockley. It reconstructs Shockley's upbringing, his patriotic achievements during World War II, his contribution to semiconductor physics culminating with the epoch-making invention of the transistor and his views on the social issues of his time. The author's unparalleled access to Shockley's personal documents provides insight into a colorful, yet controversial, man, and also sheds light on the attitudes of other prominent scientists of that era. Shockley was not only an outstanding scientist in his own right but also a fiercely independent thinker in perpetual search of the truth. His contributions to the field known today as microelectronics are enormous and unmatched. This book explores the critical facets of Shockley's life, replete with never-before-published photos and excerpts from his private correspondence and personal notebooks. The book also delves into Shockley's views on genetics and human intelligence. It tells the story of a man beset by an unrelenting rationality, slandered by the popular media, and ultimately alienated by his peers. It discusses his controversial, although sometimes prescient, ideas regarding human genetics, putting these into the context of modern research findings. Today, William Shockley is perhaps just as enigmatic as his work and accomplishments. The author presents a convincing argument that Shockley still has much to say about the issues of our age, and many of his ideas deserve evaluation in the public forum.
Note Includes index.
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Series Springer biographies, 2365-0613
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History: An Engineering View
About This Book
Prologue: The Enigma of Shockley
Mother and Father
The Son Billy
Jean and Emmy
Bell Telephone Laboratories
The Nuclear Reactor
World War II Hero
The Precursors of translating Apparatus
The three Electrode Circuit Element Utilizing Semiconductor Material
The Junction Transistor
Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory
Thinking About Thinking Improves Thinking
Moral Philosophy as Applied Science
Epilogue
Appendix: Shockley's Patents, Papers and Presentations.

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