1 Front Matter; 2 1 The Question of Genius; 3 2 Roots; 4 3 To Be an Engineer; 5 4 A Graduate Student's Paradise; 6 5 Many-Body Beginnings; 7 6 Academic Life; 8 7 Engineering for National Defense; 9 8 The Transistor; 10 9 The Break from Bell; 11 10 Homecoming; 12 11 Cracking the Riddle of Superconductivity; 13 12 Two Nobels Are Better Than One Hole in One; 14 13 A Hand in Industry; 15 14 Citizen of Science; 16 15 Pins and Needles and Waves; 17 16 Last Journey; 18 17 Epilogue: True Genius and How to Cultivate It; 19 Bibliography; 20 Acknowledgements; 21 Notes; 22 Index; 23 Photo Plates

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