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

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

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   Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. William Bradford Shockley. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1956. Born: 13 February 1910, London, United Kingdom. Died: 12 August 1989, Palo Alto, CA, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: Semiconductor Laboratory of Beckman Instruments, Inc., Mountain View, CA, USA.

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

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   Feb 1, 2007 · 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.

10. www.nytimes.com › 1989/08/14 › obituariesWilliam B. Shockley, 79, Creator Of Transistor and Theory onn ...

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    Aug 14, 1989 · William Bradford Shockley, who shared a Nobel Prize in physics for his role in the creation of the transistor and earned the enmity of many for his views on the genetic differences between the...