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Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation The Chip: How Two Americans Inven
by adventured 7y ago
Where Wizards Stay Up Late: The Origins Of The Internet
The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
The Chip: How Two Americans Invented the Microchip and Launched a Revolution
That last one is a little dry, I still found it interesting. It's about Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce. It's currently available for sale for $1.99 on the Kindle.
- myself248 7y agoI'd add Eccentric Orbits and Skunk Works, both of which are about other fields (satcom and aero, respectively), but have similar themes of innovation and its mother, necessity. (And mother-in-law, politics.)
- adventured 7y agoAlong those lines, a personal favorite is Empires of Light, covering the race for electrification and lighting. It critically includes the role of George Westinghouse, which a lot of books leave out (typically focusing more on Tesla & Edison instead).
- zuppy 7y agosimilar to skunk works there is a book named “sled driver”: https://www.amazon.com/Sled-Driver-Flying-Worlds-Fastest/dp/0929823087 https://www.amazon.com/Sled-Driver-Flying-Worlds-Fastest/dp/... here’s a funny extract that gets posted everytime: https://www.reddit.com/r/SR71/comments/2dpmw7/the_sr71_speed_check_story/ https://www.reddit.com/r/SR71/comments/2dpmw7/the_sr71_speed...