David K. (Arizona State University, Scottsdale, USA) Ferry 
50 Years in the Semiconductor Underground [PDF ebook] 

This book was derived from a talk that the author gave at the International Conference on Advanced Nanodevices and Nanotechnology in Hawaii. The book is about science and engineering, but is not on science and engineering. It is not a textbook which develops the understanding of a small part of the field, but a book about random encounters and abou