Tip for Reading List: How Silicon Valley came to be | Explained News, The Indian Express

Tip for Reading List: How Silicon Valley came to be | Explained News, The Indian Express

By Express News Service |New Delhi |Published: July 12, 2019 4:09:40 am

Tip for Reading List: How Silicon Valley came to be

Having given her account of Silicon Valley, which is today the engine room of the US economy, O’Mara points out that the industry is still male-dominated, with few women leaders reaching the top.

O’Mara explains how decades of investments by the military establishment in science and research during the Cold War spurred growth and innovation.

A new book by American historian Margaret O’Mara chronicles the rise and subsequent dominance of the tech industry in the modern United States. The Code – Silicon Valley and the Remaking of America traces Silicon Valley’s growth story since the 1940s.