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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › William_ShockleyWilliam Shockley - Wikipedia

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   Learn about the life and achievements of William Shockley, who co-invented the transistor and won the Nobel Prize in Physics. Also, explore his controversial views on race and genetics, and his role in Silicon Valley.

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

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   Aug 8, 2024 · William B. Shockley 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 and ushered in the age of.

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4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › William_Shockley_(actor)William Shockley (actor) - Wikipedia

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   William Shockley is an American actor and musician, born in 1963 in Kansas. He is best known for his role as Hank Lawson on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, and has appeared in many films and TV shows.

   Year	Title	Role
   2023	Far Haven	Jensen Longley
   2020	Death in Texas	Tex
   2020	Love by Drowning	Detective Bill Dickerson
   2020	Lemonheads	Skinner

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

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   William Shockley was a pioneer of transistor physics and a professor at Stanford University. He shared the Nobel Prize with John Bardeen and Walter H. Brattain for their work on semiconductors.

8. www.nobelprize.org › prizes › physicsWilliam B. Shockley – Facts - NobelPrize.org

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   William Shockley was a British-born American physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956 for his research on semiconductors and the transistor effect. He worked at the Semiconductor Laboratory of Beckman Instruments and developed the first transistor amplifier in 1947.

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   Who was William Shockley?

   • In 1932, Shockley earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the California Institute of Technology. After getting his Ph.D. in physics from MIT in 1936, he joined the technical staff of Bell Telephone Laboratories in New Jersey, where he started experimenting with electronic semiconductors. Dr. William Shockley at APA Convention, 1971.

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   What did William Shockley learn from quantum mechanics?

   • Quantum mechanics gave new insight into the properties of these materials. In 1947 John Bardeen and Walter Brattain produced a semiconductor amplifier, which was further developed by William Shockley. The component was named a “transistor”. MLA style: William B. Shockley – Facts. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2024.

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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 is William Bradford Shockley Jr?

   • William Bradford Shockley Jr. was born on February 13, 1910 in London, England to American citizen parents and raised in the family’s home in Palo Alto, California. Both his father, William Hillman Shockley, and his mother, May Shockley were mining engineers.

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10. www.encyclopedia.com › science › encyclopediasAmerican Physicists William B. Shockley, Walter H. Brattain ...

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    American Physicists William B. Shockley, Walter H. Brattain, and John Bardeen Produce the First Transistor, Initiating the Semiconductor Revolution. Overview. In 1947 Bell Laboratories scientists invented the transistor—a semiconductor device that could amplify electrical signals transmitted through it.