The Big Score
The Big Score is a history of Silicon Valley by the journalist Michael S. Malone, first published in 1985. Drawing on his reporting in the region, Malone tells the story of how a stretch of California orchard country became the center of the global electronics industry. He traces the rise of the semiconductor business from the early transistor and integrated circuit work through companies such as Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel, and profiles the engineers, founders, and financiers who built them. The book examines the culture, ambition, and money that drove the Valley's explosive growth, along with its risks and human costs. An early narrative account of the industry, it captures the founding era of modern technology business and helped document the personalities and decisions that shaped the computing world that followed.
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A history of Silicon Valley's rise, tracing the people, companies, and money behind the semiconductor and computing boom.
It was first published in 1985.
The Big Score was written by Michael S. Malone, published in 1985 by Doubleday.
The Big Score is 442 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The Big Score takes most readers 7 to 10 hours to finish.
The Big Score is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.