The Chip: How Two Americans Invented the Microchip and Launched a Revolution Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

The Chip: How Two Americans Invented the Microchip and Launched a Revolution Book

They're everywhere, but where did they come from? Silicon chips drive just about everything that sucks power, from toys to heart monitors, but their inventors aren't nearly as widely known as Edison and Ford. Journalist TR Reid has thoroughly updated The Chip, his 1985 exploration of the life work of inventors Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce, to reflect the colossal shift toward smarter gadgets since then. Satisfying as both biography and basic science text, the book captures the independence and near-obsessive problem-solving talents of the two men perfectly. Though ultimately only one of them (Noyce) ended up with legal rights to the invention, they shared a respect for each other that persisted throughout their careers. Since Kilby won the 2000 Nobel Prize for Physics for his work, the story is all the more compelling and intriguing over 40 years after the invention. Reid's work uncovers human dimensions we'd never expect to see from 1950s' engineering research. --Rob LightnerRead More

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  • 0375758283
  • 9780375758287
  • T. R. Reid
  • 9 October 2001
  • Random House Trade
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 320
  • Revised
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