Palo Alto, California: Pacific Books, (1990) dj. Hardcover first edition - Foreword by Harold C. Hohbach and Aldo J. Test. An overview of some of the men (women are noticeably missing) and ideas that have shaped California, with a discussion of the obstacles - legal and otherwise - that they had to overcome. Some of the names are familiar - Ray Dolby, noise reduction. Hewlett and Packard - and others like Albert Thompson, with over 200 patents for food processing machinery, are less well known. Illustrated throughout. Index of names, slightly oversized format. 233 pp. ISBN: 0-870152610.