The invention of the transistor during the late 1940s had a significant effect on the high-technology systems we enjoy today, and the inventors of the transistor (in its first form called the point contact transistor) won the Nobel prize in 1964. John Bardeen and Walter Brattain's early work followed by the contribution of William Schockley to invent the junction transistor affected the early electronic engineering systems, driving them into the miniaturization path of modern integrated circuit technology. Bardeen is recorded in history as the scientist who won the Nobel prize for the same subject (physics) twice. This book provides a highly readable historic account of the development of the transistors over a quarter century leading into the VLSI technology we see in portable products and consumer electronics today.

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晶体管问世 75 周年【书评】

20 世纪 40 年代末晶体管的发明对我们今天所享受的高科技系统产生了重大影响，晶体管（其第一种形式称为点接触晶体管）的发明者于 1964 年获得了诺贝尔奖。约翰·巴丁 (John Bardeen) 和沃尔特·布拉顿 (Walter Brattain) 的早期工作以及威廉·肖克利 (William Schockley) 发明结型晶体管的贡献影响了早期的电子工程系统，推动它们进入现代集成电路技术的小型化道路。巴丁作为同一学科（物理学）两次获得诺贝尔奖的科学家被载入史册。这本书提供了一个高度可读的历史记录，讲述了晶体管在四分之一个世纪的发展，导致了我们今天在便携式产品和消费电子产品中看到的超大规模集成电路技术。