The cryotron files: the strange death of a pioneering Cold War computer scientist 9781468315783, 1468315781, 9781785784354, 1785784358

The true life story of Dudley Buck, an American Cold War hero whose pioneering work with computer chips placed him firml

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The cryotron files: the strange death of a pioneering Cold War computer scientist
 9781468315783, 1468315781, 9781785784354, 1785784358

Table of contents :
Intro
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
1: Project Lightning
2: Santa Barbara Sound Laboratories
3: The V-12 Program
4: Seesaw
5: Operation Rusty
6: Project Whirlwind
7: Memory
8: Forging Bonds
9: Project Nomad
10: Two Small Wires
11: The Cryotron
12: Lab Rats
13: The Missile Gap
14: Fame
15: The Post-Sputnik Effect
16: A Reciprocal Arrangement
17: The Missile Men
18: The Russians have Landed
19: A Package
20: The Extra Pieces of the Puzzle
21: Postscript
List of Interviewee
Chapter Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
Plates
Copyright.

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