Is electronics driven by scientific publication, similar to other academic fields? Two famous publications I came across, Gordon Moore's [seminal paper](http://download.intel.com/museum/Moores_Law/Articles-Press_Releases/Gordon_Moore_1965_Article.pdf), and Leon Chua's [discussion of the memristor](http://www.cpmt.org/scv/meetings/chua.pdf), did not leave me breathless.

Coming from a mathematics background, I have been disappointed by electronics theory. No visionaries stand out, especially contemporary ones.

Is electronics simply not a publication-driven discipline? Are there examples of seminal papers where theory paved the way to technological breakthrought?