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Shockley

[ shok-lee ]

noun

  1. William Bradford, 1910–1989, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1956.


Shockley

/ ˈʃɒklɪ /

noun

  1. ShockleyWilliam Bradfield19101989MUSBritishSCIENCE: physicist William Bradfield. 1910–89, US physicist, born in Britain, who shared the Nobel prize for physics (1956) with John Bardeen and Walter Brattain for developing the transistor. He also held controversial views on the connection between race and intelligence


Shockley

/ shŏk /

  1. American physicist who, with John Bardeen and Walter Brattain, invented the transistor in 1947. For this work, all three shared the Nobel Prize for physics in 1956. Shockley went on to make improvements to the transistor that made it easier to manufacture.


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The first crucial step was the junction transistor, a tiny “sandwich” of various types of germanium, theorized by Shockley in 1948 and created by engineering colleagues soon after.

Oh, Mr. Shockley, between you and this Western sun, I shall soon need a new powder puff.

"He will have to roost high if the dogs find out about this visitation," observed Shockley.

Then she turned her eyes on Mr. Shockley with a hard little expression, which sealed him up.

Why, I only asked for a wolf in the most casual way—in a joking way; you heard me, Mr. Shockley.

Shockley, however, continued to study the strategy of the scout Ermine, and he saw much to fear.

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