published originally 1985 and revised 2001. looking forward to read. just some more days of work to earn the money back i just spend on books ...

t.r. reid wrote: "the idea occurred to jack kilby at the height of summer, when everyone else was on vacation and he had the lab to himself ..." someone else found out that "a kansas blizzard changed jack kilby’s life in ways that he would never dream ..." g. (found at jack kilby boyhood home celebration) robert noyce got a far better line:

"With his strong face, his athlete's build, and the Gary Cooper manner, Bob Noyce projected what psychologists call the halo effect. People with the halo effect seem to know exactly what they're doing and moreover make you want to admire them for it. They make you see the halos over their heads." -- Tom Wolfe. "The Tinkerings of Robert Noyce: How the Sun Rose on the Silicon Valley." Esquire. December 1983

couldn't find the esquire article online just this nice substitute: "Silicon Valley and Route 128: Two Faces of the American Technopolis" by paul mackun.