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

By Joel N. Shurkin

Book information

Year
2006
ISBN
1403988153, 9781403988157, 9780230552296
LCC
TK140.S466 S58 2006
Open Library ID
OL22730862M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1064966 bytes)
Pages
378\310
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Библиотека;Жизнь выдающихся людей;Ученыедеятели наукиизобретатели

Description

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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