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Brattain Walter Houser. 1902--87, US physicist, who shared the Nobel prize for physics (1956) with W. B. Shockley and John Bardeen for their invention of the transistor How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The transistor was invented by scientists William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain to amplify voices in telephones for a Bell Labs project, an effort for which they later shared the Nobel Prize in physics. Five years into a commercial photography career in Indianapolis, Drew Brattain decided it was time Cor a change that would bring him back to his hometown of Greencastle, Ind. Brattain and William Shockley invent the transistor. |
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