Conquering the electron: the geniuses, visionaries, egomaniacs, and scoundrels who built our electronic age
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INTRODUCTION 1
PART I: AGE OF ELECTROMAGNETISM
1 THE KNOWLEDGE FOUNDATION 7
THE BEGINNING 7
THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD 9
THE MAGIC OF STATIC ELECTRICITY 12
THE BATTERY 17
LINKING ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM 19
FARADAY, THE GRAND MASTER 22
MAXWELL, THE PEERLESS GENIUS 29
2 THE TELEGRAPH 36
MESSAGES SENT BY ELECTRIC CURRENT 37
ANNIHILATING THE TIME-SPACE BARRIER 40
WIRE ACROSS THE ATLANTIC 43
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DISPUTES 46
MORSE CODE 48
IMPACT 49
3 THE TELEPHONE 54
VOICES CARRIED OVER WIRE 54
BUILDING THE TELEPHONE BUSINESS 60
PATENT BATTLE OF THE CENTURY 62
SOUND OF MUSIC 65
CONQUERING THE ELECTRON
4 WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY 71
HERTZ AND ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES 71
MARCONI AND THE WIRELESS 73
CROSSING THE OCEAN BLUE 76
5 LIGHTING AND ELECTRIFICATION 81
ELECTRICAL LIGHTING SYSTEMS 81
GENERATORS AND MOTORS 86
THE AC-DC WAR 90
IMPACT OF ELECTRIFICATION 94
EDISON, TESLA, AND SIEMENS 96
ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF ELECTROMAGNETISM 102
PART II: AGE OF VACUUM ELECTRONICS
6 CURRENT FLOW IN A VACUUM 107
CATHODE RAYS 108
THE ELECTRON EXPOSED 110
THE PUZZLE OF PENETRATIVE LIGHT 113
THE LEGACY OF VACUUM ELECTRONICS 116
7 CONTROLLING THE FLOW OF ELECTRONS 118
THE EDISON EFFECT 118
THE VACUUM DIODE 120
THE MAGICAL THIRD ELECTRODE 122
VOICES ACROSS THE CONTINENT 124
8 RADIO 127
CHRISTMAS EVE, 1904 127
CORE RADIO TECHNOLOGY 130
RCA AND SARNOFF 133
ARMSTRONG S TRAGEDY 137
9 TELEVISION 141
TRANSMITTING VIDEO THROUGH THE AIR 141
A FARM BOY FROM UTAH AND A RUSSIAN EMIGRE 144
THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY BATTLE 149
10 RADAR 152
CLAIRVOYANCE 153
HUNTING THE SUBMARINE 155
THE MOST VALUABLE LUGGAGE 158
CONTENTS
RADIO NAVIGATION 161
THE MICROWAVE WORLD 163
11 COMPUTER 167
THE CALCULATING MACHINE 167
ENIAC 169
FOUNDATION OF COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE 174
FRAMEWORK FOR THE FUTURE 176
PART III: AGE OF SOLID-STATE ELECTRONICS
12 THE SEMICONDUCTOR 181
BELL LABS 181
KELLY S FORESIGHT 183
THE UNPREDICTABLE SEMICONDUCTOR 185
13 THE BIRTH OF THE TRANSISTOR 189
THE FLAMBOYANT GENIUS 189
CONCEPTUALIZING A SOLID-STATE TRIODE 191
FORGING A BETTER SEMICONDUCTOR 193
DISCOVERY OF THE P-N JUNCTION 195
ROADBLOCKS 198
THE GREAT BREAKTHROUGH 200
THE ROLL-OUT... 202
... AND THE FIGHT 204
SHOCKLEY S LAST LAUGH 206
THE ZEAL OF TEAL AND THE ELAN OF PFANN 208
RESOLUTION 212
14 LAUNCHING THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY 213
SHARING TECHNOLOGY 213
NEW PLAYERS 214
THE DEBUT OF SILICON 216
THE TRANSISTOR RADIO 219
JAPANESE PIONEERS 222
THE TRANSISTOR ERA BEGINS 225
15 THE DAWN OF SILICON VALLEY 227
WALL STREET JOURNAL OR PHYSICAL REVIEW? 227
SHOCKLEY AND THE TRAITOROUS EIGHT 230
THE BIRTH OF VENTURE CAPITAL 232
THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD 234
CONQUERING THE ELECTRON
16 THE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND THE CHIP 238
KILBY AND THE FIRST INTEGRATED CIRCUIT 239
HOERNI AND THE PLANAR PROCESS 242
NOYCE AND THE CHIP 245
FAIRCHILD AND THE SILICON VALLEY PHENOMENON 249
17 CHIP TECHNOLOGY BLOSSOMS 255
THE EARLY MARKET FOR CHIPS 255
MOORE S LAW 257
MEMORY CHIPS 260
THE MICROPROCESSOR*ENIAC ON A CHIP 263
THE PERSONAL COMPUTER UNLEASHED 267
UBIQUITOUS SILICON 268
18 EVOLUTION OF THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY 276
COMPETITORS FROM ASIA 276
COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN 278
THE FOUNDRIES OF TAIWAN 281
NOYCE, MOORE, AND GROVE 286
TURNING SILICON INTO GOLD 292
19 LEDS, FIBER OPTICS, AND LIQUID
CRYSTAL DISPLAYS 295
LUMINESCENT SEMICONDUCTORS 295
SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS 300
FIBER-OPTIC COMMUNICATIONS 303
LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS 309
20 THE INFORMATION AGE AND BEYOND 319
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER 319
THE INFORMATION REVOLUTION 320
GLOBALIZATION 322
LOOKING AHEAD 324
APPENDIX I: FURTHER READING 329
APPENDIX II: SUMMARY OF KEY
CONQUERORS OF THE ELECTRON 335
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