How exactly does one define a “Mover and Shaker”? That is the question I had to ask myself before I could determine who this essay should be about. For the purposes of this paper I defined a Mover and Shaker as someone who tackled one of the issues of their time; however, I also felt that it was important that they accomplished this solution to an old problem by looking at the situation with a very new and different perspective. On the surface Jack Kilby (pictured to the right) is a very accomplished individual. He owns more than 60 patents, is a Nobel Prize winner, and is even inducted into the Inventor’s Hall of Fame (Texas Institute, par. 8). The real question remains, what did he do and why did he do it? Jack Kilby (along with Robert Noyce) invented the integrated circuit which has lead to the very powerful semi-conductors in our computers today. The rest of this paper will discuss the topic of why he was able to invent something so revolutionary.
In his autobiography written for the Nobel Committee, Mr. Kilby discusses some of the significant events in his life. I found it very interesting to note that his father ran an electronics company, thereby giving him an exposure to the world of electronics at a very young
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While working for a small electronics manufacturer, he continued to work on his studies in the evenings, eventually receiving a Master’s Degree in Engineering from the University of Wisconsin. ” Perhaps this is what enabled him to do something in a way that had not been done before? The article continues to describe him as a quiet and unflappable person with little to no flash or hype. Kilby was not even granted the patent for the first integrated circuit. His father’s goal in his company was “to do whatever it took to run his business and to help people (Nobel par. Truly the most remarkable fact is that he does not own a cell phone, palm pilot, or a pager and rarely uses the internet. Who knows how far it would have set technology back if it had not been for his invention.
After learning about a few significant events in this man’s life I was very curious to find out a little more about Jack Kilby, the person. He has lived in the same house since 1958. ” He states that the basic reason he took the job with Texas Instruments was because they were the only company that would let him work on electronic component miniaturization full time, and that “it turned out to be a great fit (Nobel, par. It seems very unusual, that such an accomplished individual would have nothing distinguishing about his office. It just illustrates that what is most important is finding something you love, and just doing it.
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