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Making Silicon Valley : innovation and the growth of high tech, 1930-1970 /

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In Making Silicon Valley, Christophe Lecuyer shows that the explosive growth of the personal computer industry in Silicon Valley was the culmination of decades of growth and innovation in the San Francisco-area electronics industry. Using the tools of science and technology studies, he explores the...

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Main Author:	Lécuyer, Christophe (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Massachusetts : MIT Press, [2006]
Series:	Inside technology
Subjects:	High technology industries > California > Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) > History > 20th century. Microelectronics industry > California > Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) > History > 20th century. Entrepreneurship > California > Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County) Military-industrial complex > California > History > 20th century. Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.) > History > 20th century. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/General SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY/History of Technology Electronic books.
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