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Crystal Fire: The Birth of the Information Age
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Product Description: "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...read more
By Lillian Hoddeson and Michael Riordan
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Hardcover:

9780393041248 | W W Norton & Co Inc, August 1, 1997, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: Focuses on the human factors behind the invention of the twentieth century's defining artifact, the transistor, highlighting the pride, jealousy, and scientific ambitions of the Bell Labs team who spawned the epoch-making technology

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780786113750 | Unabridged edition (Blackstone Audio Inc, August 1, 1998), cover price $49.95 | About this edition: "Without the invention of the transistor, I'm quite sure that the PC would not exist as we know it today.

Crystal Fire: The Invention of the Transistor and the Birth of the Information Age
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Focuses on the human factors behind the invention of the transistor, highlighting the pride and scientific ambitions of the team who spawned the epoch-making technology
By Lillian Hoddeson and Michael Riordan
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Paperback:

9780393318517 | W W Norton & Co Inc, December 1, 1998, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Focuses on the human factors behind the invention of the transistor, highlighting the pride and scientific ambitions of the team who spawned the epoch-making technology

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