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Meadows Museum presents Jack Kilby: The Eye of Genius - Photographs by the Inventor of the Microchip
Submitted by Ionela on Fri, 07/04/2008 - 09:53.
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Jack St. Clair Kilby's invention of the integrated circuit (IC), or microchip, at Texas Instruments in 1958 revolutionized the world, creating limitless applications for computers, calculators, space-age technology and much more. For his contribution to the field of engineering, Kilby received numerous awards and honors, including the Nobel Prize in Physics, National Medal of Science and induction into the Inventors Hall of Fame. Unknown to most people, however, is Kilby's artistic bent, which included making photographs of great sensitivity and beauty. |
