At the heart of Silicon Valley’s meteoric rise is a story etched in the lives of those who shaped it and those who were forever transformed by it. Charged Bodies provides an insider’s perspective on the birth of the semiconductor industry, which sparked the region’s transformation from sleepy farmland to the heart and soul of the high-tech revolution. Through twenty-five extended, in-person interviews you’ll meet a diverse cast of characters whose goal was to create technology and tools in service to humanity. In the Afterword to this edition, the author questions whether they accomplished their objectives and urges readers to rethink technology.
Thomas Mahon was a documentary filmmaker when he was engaged to produce an industrial film for a computer company in 1974, the year the microprocessor was launched and began to change everything. Soon after, he moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, and began a half-century career as an industry publicist while also writing about Silicon Valley as documentarian, novelist, playwright, essayist, and public speaker.
Watch the compelling interview between podcaster Angela Romeo and Tom Mahon as he discusses his book Charged Bodies and the fascinating people who forged Silicon Valley. [1:23:24]
This short video [3:55] by John Coogan gives the bullet points of how "Silicon Valley" came into existence. Read Charged Bodies for the full, richly detailed story of the movers and shakers, tinkerers and dream makers who revolutionized academia, commerce, communication, medicine, travel, and life itself.
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