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每样成功的现代电子装置都是集众人之手制造的多个零件组装而成。晶体管如何成为制造现代机器的基础材料的故事解释了原因何在。我们总喜欢认为发明是灵光一闪的产物,相当于导致最著名的希腊感叹词“我发现了”诞生的阿基米德突然让洗澡水溢出的瞬间。然后顿悟的发明家迅速将这一惊人的发现转化为一件新产品。其对大众的吸引力很快改变了这个世界,再次证明单个简单想法的力量。
Every successful modern electronic device is assembled from a multitude of parts made by a human hand. The story of how transistors became the foundational material for modern machines explains why. We always like to think that invention is a product of the twinkling of an eye, the equivalent of the moment when the Archimedes, which caused the most famous Greek interjection, “I discovered,” suddenly spilled bath water. Then the inventor of epiphany quickly turned this amazing discovery into a new product. Its appeal to the public quickly changed the world, again proving the power of a single simple idea.