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

Name: Crystal Fire: The Invention of the Transistor and the Birth of the Information Age
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ISBN-10: 0393318516
ISBN-13: 9780393318517
Category: Electronic industries
Pages: 352
Language: English
Published: 1998
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Authors: Lillian Hoddeson, Michael Riordan

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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

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Other editions

Crystal Fire: The Birth of the Information Age
- 1997
- 384 pages
- Paperback
- W. W. Norton & Company
Crystal Fire: Tales of the Crystal -- Book One
- 2013-02
- 170 pages
- Paperback
- Strategic Book Publishing

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