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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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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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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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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.
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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William Shockley gained fame and shared a Nobel Prize for his development of point-contact transistors, work that provided the basis for one of the sweeping technological revolutions of the twentieth century. His junction and field-effect transistors became workhorses of the electronics industry.
Learn about the life and achievements of William Shockley, who co-developed the transistor and won the Nobel Prize in 1956. Also explore his controversial views on genetics and intelligence, which led to his ostracism from the scientific community.
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