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The Rise and Fall of William Shockley, Creator of the Electronic Age
Macmillan
June 2006
378 pages
ISBN: 1403988153
EAN: 9781403988157
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
When William Shockley invented the transistor, the world was
changed forever and he was awarded the Nobel Prize. But
today Shockley is often remembered only for his incendiary
campaigning about race, intelligence, and genetics. His
dubious research led him to donate to the Nobel Prize sperm
bank and preach his inflammatory ideas widely, making
shocking pronouncements on the uselessness of remedial
education and the sterilization of individuals with IQs
below 100. Ultimately his crusade destroyed his reputation
and saw him vilified on national television, yet he died
proclaiming his work on race as his greatest accomplishment.
Now, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Joel N. Shurkin
offers the first biography of this contradictory and
controversial man. With unique access to the private
Shockley archives, Shurkin gives an unflinching account of
how such promise ended in such ignominy.
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