Comment by hermitcrab

I read it recently. I thought it was going to be a bit dry and heavy going. But it was a really good read.

TIL Shockley, one of the original pioneers of semi-conductors and Nobel prize winner, was a total shit. His staff hated him so much that the key players left and started a new company (Fairchild). He later became a eugenics crank.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shockley