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William Shockley: The Will to Think

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 transisto...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lojek, Bo
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2021, 2021
Edition:1st ed. 2021
Series:Springer Biographies
Subjects:
Semiconductors
Biographies Of Physicists And Astronomers
Population And Demography
Evolutionary Genetics
Electrical And Electronic Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Demography
Astronomers / Biography
Physicists / Biography
Population
History Of Science
Science / History
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 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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