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Apr 9, 2018 · Time 4 to read. Wiliam Bradford Shockley (1910-1989) -along with John Bardeen (1908-1991) and Walter Brattain (1902-1987)- was the father of the transistor, the invention that is probably the greatest silent revolution of the twentieth century, which turns 70 in 2017. The operation of the vast majority of the equipment we use on a daily basis ...
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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.
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.
Jul 21, 2006 · July 21, 20062:23 PM ET. Heard on Talk of the Nation. Listen. Playlist. Inventor William Shockley won a Nobel Prize for his work on transistors, work that launched the modern electronic age. He...
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...
William Shockley. 1910 - 1989. William Shockley was born in London to American parents who were in England for several years on business. His father was a mining engineer and his mother a...
