The digital saga : from the computer to digital proliferation

We'll trace the major scientific and technological advances that led to computers and today's "connected" society. In this second part, we'll see how the collective and then individual computer gave rise to the Internet and digital explosion. Interesting aspects of the link between basic science and the rapid deployment of innovations will be explored.

Indicative bibliography

Jon Gertner, The ideas Factory: Bell Labs and the Great age of American Innovation, 2012, The Penguin Press, New York.

J. Surkin, Broken Genius: The Rise and Fall of William Shockley, Creator of the Electronic Age, 2008, Macmillan Science.

Michale S. Malone, The Intel Trinity: How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy Grove Built the World's Most Important Company, 2014, Copyright Materials.

Walter Isaacson, The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution, Hardcover, October 7, 2014.

Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs, Hardcover, October 24, 2011.

Michael Riordan and Lillian Hoddeson, Crystal Fire, 1997 W. W. Norton.

Akio Morita, Edwin M. Reingold and Mitsuko Shimomura, Made in Japan, 1986 by Dutton Books.