description: Focuses on the human factors behind the invention of the twentieth century's defining artifact, the transistor, highlighting the pride, jealousy, and scientific ambitions of the Bell Labs team who spawned the epoch-making technology.
language: English
title: Crystal Fire: The Birth of the Information Age
titlecomplete: Crystal Fire: The Birth of the Information Age (Sloan Technology Series)
genres: Technology, Biography, History Of Science, Physics, Science, Computer Science, Nonfiction, Engineering, History
ratings_count: 181
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Hacker Prize
publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc