Our world today has been profoundly shaped by the technology of silicon transistors. Gordon Moore, a young chemist turned entrepreneur, had the defining insight that silicon transistors — and microchips made of them — could produce cheap and immensely powerful electronics. Moore’s Law: The Life of Gordon Moore, Silicon Valley’s Quiet Revolutionary describes his pioneering role in the development of Silicon Valley’s technology. David C. Brock *97 is a senior research fellow at the Chemical Heritage Foundation’s Institute for Research.
