Books “Engineering the World: Stories from the First 75 Years of Texas Instruments,” by Caleb Pirtle III, SMU University Press, Dallas, 2005 This book charts TI’s evolution from oil exploration to high-technology production. Several chapters are devoted to the invention of the integrated circuit and its impact on the world. “The Chip: How Two Americans Invented the Microchip and Launched a Revolution,” by T.R. Reid, former The Washington Post reporter, 1985, Random House Trade Paperbacks Reid investigates the contributions of Kilby and Intel founder Robert Noyce, men who independently pursued their own concepts of what ultimately would become the integrated circuit. "Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Processing Technology", by Walter R. Runyan and Kenneth E. Bean, Addison Wesley, 1990 A college textbook written by two retired TI engineers with a foreword by Kilby “Crystal Fire: The Invention of the Transistor and the Birth of the Information Age” by Michael Riordan and Lilian Hoddeson, W.W. Norden & Company, New York and London, 1997 “Crystal Fire” offers an intriguing history of the transistor, its inventors, physics and far-reaching impact on society, including the integrated circuit that it spawned. “Management Philosophies and Practices of Texas Instruments,” by P.E. Haggerty, Texas Instruments, 1965 Written in 1965 by TI co-founder Patrick Eugene Haggerty, this book gives an overview of TI management philosophies and practices and envisions a new industry based on the new market potential of the integrated circuit. “TI, the Transistor and Me,” by Ed Millis, Ed Millis Books, 2000 Retired engineer Ed Millis chronicles his adventures and misadventures while working at TI over three decades. He calls the book “my dis-integrated circuit through Texas Instruments.” “Jack St. Clair Kilby: A Man of Few Words,” by Ed Millis, Ed Millis Books, Dallas, 2008 A long-time friend and colleague of Kilby’s, Ed Millis offers a rare personal look at the inventor, who preferred to live his life out of the limelight.