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William Bradford Shockley

1910–1989

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William Bradford Shockley (1910–1989) was an American physicist and inventor who co-invented the transistor, a breakthrough that earned him the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics. He later became a controversial figure for his outspoken advocacy of eugenics and racial intelligence theories, which overshadowed his scientific legacy.

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Electrons and Holes in Semiconductors (1950)
The Theory of p-n Junctions in Semiconductors and p-n Junction Transistors (1949)
Shockley: The Invention of the Transistor (autobiographical, 1976)
The Mechanics of Heredity and the Future of Man (lecture, 1965)
Human Quality Problems and the Future of the Human Race (essay, 1974)

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