The Man behind the Microchip.
Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley by Leslie Berlin.
Because the modern tech industry is still so young, people may have personal recollections about some of the events when reading histories of the times. As such, they may also have a personal bias.
This book about Robert Noyce will probably not be a favorite of fans of William Shockley or Jack Kilby with whom Noyce shared credit for innovations. Nor to fans of Gordon Moore and Andy Grove who maybe don't get the credit they deserve from this book.
But in general, it's a very interesting look into the birth of a technology, industry and ultimately Silicon Valley.
I ended up giving it 3.5 (out of 4) pocket protectors.
Read my review
Clevelanders and others in the US should consider that in Noyce's last interview, he said that if he was "emperor" of the US he would "make sure we are preparing our next generation to flourish in a high-tech age. And that means education of the lowest and the poorest as well as the graduate school level."
tech skills=power, no tech skills=dependence - simple as that.
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