William Bradford Shockley
Nobel Prize in Physics 1956
“for their researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect”
William Bradford Shockley was an American physicist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956 for his researches on semiconductors and the discovery of the transistor effect. He co-invented the transistor, which revolutionized electronics.
- Field
- Physics · Solid-state Physics
- Lifespan
- 1910–1989