This biography of William Shockley examines the life and accomplishments of the Nobel Prize-winning physicist and inventor. It looks at his early life and education, his groundbreaking work in semiconductor research, and his controversial views on race and intelligence. It also examines his legacy, including
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William Bradford Shockley was an American physicist. He was the manager of a research group at Bell Labs that included John Bardeen and Walter Brattain. The three scientists were jointly awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics "for their researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect."