Title The cryotron files : the strange death of a pioneering Cold War computer scientist / Douglas Buck, Iain Dey.

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London : Icon Books, 2018.

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Note	Includes index.
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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.
Summary	The true life story of Dudley Buck, an American Cold War hero whose pioneering work with computer chips placed him firmly in the sights of the KGB.
Subject	Buck, Dudley Allen, 1927-1959.
	Computer scientists -- United States -- Biography.
	Biography: science, technology & engineering.
	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology.
	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
	COMPUTERS -- Computer Literacy.
	COMPUTERS -- Computer Science.
	COMPUTERS -- Data Processing.
	COMPUTERS -- Hardware -- General.
	COMPUTERS -- Information Technology.
	COMPUTERS -- Machine Theory.
	COMPUTERS -- Reference.
	Computer scientists. (OCoLC)fst00872482
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Added Author	Buck, Douglas, 1956- author.
Other Form:	Print version: Dey, Iain. Cryotron files. London : Icon Books, 2018 9781785784347 (OCoLC)1053852663
ISBN	9781785784354 (electronic book)
	1785784358 (electronic book)
	9781468315783 (electronic book)
	1468315781 (electronic book)
	9781785784347
	9781468315776
	1468315773

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