Broken Genius: The Rise and Fall of William Shockley, Creator of the Electronic Age

Joel N. Shurkin

Palgrave Macmillan, 13 июн. 2006 г. - Всего страниц: 378

When William Shockley invented the transistor, the world was changed forever and he was awarded the Nobel Prize. But today Shockley is often remembered only for his incendiary campaigning about race, intelligence, and genetics. His dubious research led him to donate to the Nobel Prize sperm bank and preach his inflammatory ideas widely, making shocking pronouncements on the uselessness of remedial education and the sterilization of individuals with IQs below 100. Ultimately his crusade destroyed his reputation and saw him vilified on national television, yet he died proclaiming his work on race as his greatest accomplishment. Now, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Joel N. Shurkin offers the first biography of this contradictory and controversial man. With unique access to the private Shockley archives, Shurkin gives an unflinching account of how such promise ended in such ignominy.

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Пользовательский отзыв  - Shrike58 - LibraryThing

If there's a poster child for the concept of social intelligence than William Shockley was that man. There seems to be little other explanation for the deficiencies that led to the self-destruction of ...

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Пользовательский отзыв  - DonSiano - LibraryThing

Joel Shurkin has done a reasonably good job in this book, and it is well worth reading if you have an interest in the history of technology and the forces that shape our times. Shockley was a very ...

Содержание

• Of a highly explosive character: 45
• Theres enough glory in this for everybody: 107
• To do my climbing by moonlight unroped: 125
• Wellequipped female with brains: 142
• Really peculiar ideas about how to motivate people: 163
• Three generations of imbeciles are enough: 190
• What law of nature have you discovered?: 212
• Someday we may actually be terribly alone: 226
• The high cost of thinking the unthinkable: 241
• Bibliography: 274
• Index: 288

Об авторе

Joel N. Shurkin is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author of many books, including Engines of the Mind and Terman's Kids. He lives in Washington, DC.

Библиографические данные

• Название: Broken Genius: The Rise and Fall of William Shockley, Creator of the Electronic Age
• Автор: Joel N. Shurkin
• Издание: иллюстрированное
• Издатель: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006
• ISBN: 0230552293, 9780230552296
• Количество страниц: Всего страниц: 378