商品描述
Conquering the Electron offers readers a true and engaging history of the world of electronics, beginning with the discoveries of static electricity and magnetism and ending with the creation of the smartphone and the iPad. This book shows the interconnection of each advance to the next on the long journey to our modern-day technologies. Exploring the combination of genius, infighting, and luck that powered the creation of today's electronic age, Conquering the Electron debunks the hero worship so often plaguing the stories of great advances.
Want to know how AT&T's Bell Labs developed semiconductor technology--and how its leading scientists almost came to blows in the process? Want to understand how radio and television work--and why RCA drove their inventors to financial ruin and early graves? Conquering the Electron offers these stories and more, presenting each revolutionary technological advance right alongside blow-by-blow personal battles that all too often took place.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
《征服電子》為讀者提供了一個真實且引人入勝的電子世界歷史，從靜電和磁性的發現開始，直到智能手機和iPad的誕生結束。本書展示了每一項進步之間的相互聯繫，描繪了通往現代科技的漫長旅程。探索天才、內鬨和運氣的結合，這些因素推動了當今電子時代的創造，《征服電子》揭穿了那些常常困擾偉大進步故事的英雄崇拜。
想知道AT&T的貝爾實驗室是如何開發半導體技術的——以及其主要科學家在過程中幾乎大打出手的故事嗎？想了解無線電和電視是如何運作的——以及為什麼RCA使其發明者陷入財務困境和早逝的原因嗎？《征服電子》提供了這些故事及更多，將每一項革命性的技術進步與那些經常發生的逐步個人鬥爭並列呈現。
作者簡介
Dr. Derek Cheung is a scientist turned businessman with a lifetime of experience in the fields of science and technology. He received his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in the same field from Stanford. Derek spent four years working as a research engineer at Fairchild Semiconductor, the company that gave birth to Silicon Valley, before making a career as president and CEO of Rockwell Scientific, a successful high-tech company transformed from a major corporate R&D lab. He lives in Thousand Oaks, California.
Eric Brach is a lecturer in English at West Los Angeles College in Culver City, California. He is the author of Billy "the Hill" and the Jump Hook and has been a contributor to national magazines, newspapers, and academic journals, including Bleacher Report, Box Office, and The Onion. He lives in Culver City, California.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
鄭博士（Dr. Derek Cheung）是一位從科學家轉型為商人的專家，擁有終身的科學與技術領域經驗。他在普渡大學（Purdue University）獲得電機工程學士學位，並在史丹佛大學（Stanford）獲得同一領域的碩士及博士學位。鄭博士曾在Fairchild Semiconductor工作四年，擔任研究工程師，該公司是矽谷的發源地，之後他成為Rockwell Scientific的總裁兼執行長，這是一家成功的高科技公司，從一家大型企業的研發實驗室轉型而來。他目前居住在加州千橡市（Thousand Oaks, California）。
艾瑞克·布拉克（Eric Brach）是加州卡爾弗城（Culver City, California）西洛杉磯學院（West Los Angeles College）的英語講師。他是《Billy 'the Hill' and the Jump Hook》的作者，並曾為多本國家雜誌、報紙及學術期刊撰稿，包括Bleacher Report、Box Office和The Onion。他目前居住在加州卡爾弗城。
