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    The Man Behind the Microchip (Review and Analysis of Berlin's Book)
    The Man Behind the Microchip (Review and Analysis of Berlin's Book)
    The Man Behind the Microchip (Review and Analysis of Berlin's Book)
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    The Man Behind the Microchip (Review and Analysis of Berlin's Book)

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    The must-read summary of Leslie Berlin's book: "The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley".

    This complete summary of the ideas from Leslie Berlin's book "The Man Behind the Microchip" tells the story of a giant of the high-tech industry: the multimillionaire, Bob Noyce. This co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel co-invented the integrated circuit which became the electronic heart of every modern computer, automobile, advanced weapon and video game. In this book, the author tells all about the life of this individual, as well as the interconnection of business, money, politics, and technology that belongs to Silicon Valley. This summary is a must-read for anyone who wants to gain an insight into the dynamic world of high-tech entrepreneurship.

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    To learn more, read "The Man Behind the Microchip" and discover the fascinating story behind one of the most important figures in the semiconductor industry.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBusiness Book Summaries
    Release dateSep 29, 2014
    ISBN9782511016695
    The Man Behind the Microchip (Review and Analysis of Berlin's Book)

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      The Man Behind the Microchip (Review and Analysis of Berlin's Book) - BusinessNews Publishing

      Book Presentation: The Man Behind the Microchip by Leslie Berlin

      About the Author

      Important Note About This Ebook

      Summary of The Man Behind the Microchip (Leslie Berlin)

      1. The Early Days

      2. The Shockley Influence

      3. Fairchild Semiconductors

      4. Noyce the Manager

      5. The Founding of Intel

      6. Riding the Intel Rocket

      7. Noyce in Retirement

      About the Author

      LESLIE BERLIN is a visiting scholar in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology at Stanford. She is also project historian for the Silicon Valley Archives, a division of the Stanford University Department of Special Collections. Dr. Berlin is a graduate of Stanford and Yale. This is her first book.

      The Web site for this book is at www.themanbehindthemicrochip.com.

      Important Note About This Ebook

      This is a summary and not a critique or a review of the book. It does not offer judgment or opinion on the content of the book. This summary may not be organized chapter-wise but is an overview of the main ideas, viewpoints and arguments from the book as a whole. This means that the organization of this summary is not a representation of the book.

      1. The Early Days

      Robert Noyce was born on December 12, 1927 in Burlington, Iowa. His father Ralph was a minister of religion for the Congregational Church. Harriet, his mother, was previously a teacher in high-school before she became a full-time homemaker. Robert distinguished himself as a high-spirited youth, but always managed to maintain a straight-A record in high school. (He never scored less than 96-percent in either science or math despite the fact he never seemed to pay much attention in class).

      As a youth, Robert Noyce was absolutely fascinated by airplanes. In one memorable incident, when Noyce was twelve, he talked his fourteen-year-old brother into helping him build a glider from bamboo and cheesecloth using an illustration they found in an encyclopedia as a guide. When the glider was finished, it stood about 1.5 meters tall with a wing span of about 6 meters. They convinced one of their friends who had just obtained a driver’s license to tow them down a street fast enough to get the glider aloft. The brief flight turned out to be more terrifying than it was effective.

      Despite being offered a position at Miami University of Ohio, Bob Noyce decided to go to Grinnell College near his home. His college years were

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