"Architect Goodwin Steinberg presents an insider's view of the development of Silicon Valley - what went right, what went wrong, and how conditions conspired to create the high technology capital of the world.

Enlivened by anecdotal brushes with Silicon Valley's influential and famous, this is the illustrated (including over 65 color illustrations) personal story of a man whose fifty-year career - and thousands of architectural projects - helped transform an area of farms and ranches known as The Valley of Heart's Delight to the economic engine named Silicon Valley."--BOOK JACKET.