Download or read book The Man Behind the Microchip written by Leslie Berlin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-11 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The triumphs and setbacks of inventor and entrepreneur Robert Noyce are illuminated in a biography that describes his colorful life in context of the evolution of the high-tech industry and the complex interrelationships among technology, business, big money, politics, and culture in Silicon Valley.