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Title: Too much focus on the manager, too little on the scientist.
Review: This book is an easy read and it is quite entertaining.However I feel too much focus has been given to Noyce as a manager and too little to the scientist.Noyce small achievements as a manager come only as a consequence of his brilliant scientific mind and are quite not interesting. Furthermore in more than one occasion the author tries to describe some of Noyce's managing deficiencies making them appear as good qualities.Other technical details are only superficially touched ( like the litigation between Noyce and Kilby ) and would probably have deserved far more attention ( especially in a Silicon Valley history ).After all these man have changed the electronic age mainly by their technical achievements and not by managing practice.
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