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   William Bradford Shockley Jr. (February 13, 1910 – August 12, 1989) was an American inventor, physicist, and eugenicist. He was the manager of a research group at Bell Labs that included John Bardeen and Walter Brattain.

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3. www.britannica.com › biography › William-ShockleyWilliam B. Shockley | Nobel Prize, semiconductor, transistor

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   Apr 8, 2024 · William B. Shockley (born Feb. 13, 1910, London, Eng.—died Aug. 12, 1989, Palo Alto, Calif., U.S.) was an American engineer and teacher, cowinner (with John Bardeen and Walter H. Brattain) of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1956 for their development of the transistor, a device that largely replaced the bulkier and less-efficient vacuum tube ...

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4. www.thoughtco.com › biography-of-william-shockleyBiography of William Shockley - ThoughtCo

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   Apr 24, 2020 · Learn about the life and achievements of William Shockley, who led the team that invented the transistor in 1947 and won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956. Also, explore his controversial views on eugenics and intelligence, which sparked criticism and controversy.

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6. www.nobelprize.org › prizes › physicsWilliam B. Shockley – Biographical - NobelPrize.org

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   Biographical. William Shockley was born in London, England, on 13th February, 1910, the son of William Hillman Shockley, a mining engineer born in Massachusetts and his wife, Mary ( née Bradford) who had also been engaged in mining, being a deputy mineral surveyor in Nevada.

7. pubs.aip.org › physicstoday › articleBroken Genius: The Rise and Fall of William Shockley, Creator ...

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   Feb 1, 2007 · Google Scholar. Few physicists have been as controversial as William Shockley (1910–89), and few have been as influential in defining the contours of the electronics industry. Shockley headed the team that made the first point-contact transistor at the Bell Telephone Laboratories in New Jersey.

8. www.npr.org › 2006/07/21 › 5573656Electronics Pioneer William Shockley's Legacy : NPR

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   Jul 21, 2006 · July 21, 20062:23 PM ET. Heard on Talk of the Nation. Listen. Inventor William Shockley won a Nobel Prize for his work on transistors, work that launched the modern electronic age. He also...

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   • For other uses, see William Shockley (disambiguation). William Bradford Shockley Jr. (February 13, 1910 – August 12, 1989) was an American inventor, physicist, and eugenicist. He was the manager of a research group at Bell Labs that included John Bardeen and Walter Brattain.

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   Did William Shockley get a Nobel Prize?

   • Yet a few decades later that talent received the Nobel Prize in physics: William Shockley, the cocreator of the transistor. Ironically, not one of the more than 1,500 children who qualified according to his IQ criterion received so high an honor as adults."

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   Who was William Bradford Shockley?

   • William Bradford Shockley was head of the solid-state physics team at Bell Labs that developed the first point-contact transistor, which he quickly followed up with the invention of the more advanced junction transistor. He shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics with John Bardeen and Walter Brattain for his work on these projects.

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   How did William Shockley die?

   • With his wife Emmy by his side, William Shockley died of prostate cancer at age 79 on August 12, 1989 in Stanford, California. He is buried at Alta Mesa Memorial Park in Palo Alto, California. His children remained unaware of their father’s death until they read about it in the newspaper.

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10. nationalmaglab.org › pioneers › william-shockleyWilliam Shockley - Magnet Academy - National MagLab

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    Learn about the life and achievements of William Shockley, who co-invented the junction transistor and founded the first silicon-based semiconductor company in Silicon Valley. Discover his contributions to physics, electronics, and social sciences, as well as his controversies and challenges.