From the Microelectronics Timeline born this day- Andy Grove Born September 2 1936 in Budapest, Hungary. American businessman, engineer, entrepreneur, visionary, innovator, physicist, author, and a science pioneer in the semiconductor industry. He became CEO of Intel Corporation and helped transform the company into the worlds largest manufacturer of semiconductors. As a result of his work at Intel, and from his books and professional articles, Grove had a considerable influence on the management of modern electronics manufacturing industries worldwide. He has been called the guy who drove the growth phase of Silicon Valley. Steve Jobs, when he was considering returning to be Apples CEO, called Grove, who was someone he idolized, for his personal advice. He merits a place alongside the great business leaders of the 20th century. Frederick Soddy, FRS Born September 2 1877 in Eastbourne, England. Radiochemist awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1921 for his contributions to our knowledge of the chemistry of radioactive substances, and his investigations into the origin and nature of isotopes and who explained, with Ernest Rutherford (August 30), that radioactivity is due to the transmutation of elements, now known to involve nuclear reactions. He also proved the existence of isotopes of certain radioactive elements. Find your place.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 03:59:54 +0000
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