Crystal Fire: Invention of the Transistor and the Birth of the Information Age

图书标准信息

• 作者 Michael Riordan 著
• 出版社 W.W. Norton & Co.
• 出版时间 1999-03
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780393318517
• 定价 204.10元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 362页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

OnDecember16,1947,JohnBardeenandWalterBrattain,physicistsatBellLaboratories,jabbedtwoelectrodesintoasliverofgermanium.Thepowerflowingfromthegermaniumfarexceededwhatwentin;inthatmomentthetransistorwasinventedandtheInformationAgewasborn.Nootherdeviceshavebeenascrucialtomodernlifeasthetransistorandthemicrochipitspawned.Thisisthestoryofthescienceandpersonalitiesthatmadetheseinventionspossible.WilliamShockley,BellLabs'teamleaderandco-recipientoftheNobelPrizewithBrattainandBardeenforthediscovery,grewobsessedwiththetransistorandwentontobecomethefatherofSiliconValley.Theprocessofinvention-includingthecompetitionandeconomicaspirationsinvolved-allpartofthegreatesttechnologicalexplosioninhistoryissurveyedhere.

【作者简介】

StanfordUniversityphysicistMichaelRiordanhaswrittenseveralpopularbooksonscienceandtechnology.HelivesinSantaCruz,California.LillianHoddesonisanhistorianattheUniversityofIllinoisandlivesinUrbana.ResearchforCrystalFirewassponsoredbytheSloanFoundation.