Shockley
Silicon Valley patriarch
Shockley is a surname, most notably associated with William Shockley (1910–1989), the American physicist who co-invented the transistor and won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956.
His later career was marred by his advocacy of eugenics and racist theories about intelligence, which overshadowed his scientific achievements.
The name sometimes appears in technical contexts: Shockley diode, Shockley equation.
Semiconductor signal switch
- Bell LabsStoried telecommunications research institution
- solid-stateUsing semiconductors, not tubes
- junctionPoint where things meet
- semiconductorPartial electrical conductor
patent · breakthrough · amplifier · 1947 · silicon · germanium · bipolar · switching
Metalloid in electronics
- dopingProhibited athletic drug use
- germaniumAtomic number thirty-two
- diodeOne-way semiconductor
- conductivityAbility to carry current
electron · hole · carrier · valence · depletion · diffusion · solar cell
Controlled human reproduction theory
- controversyProlonged public disagreement
- racistOne prejudiced by ethnicity
- StanfordCalifornia private research university
- Silicon ValleyBay Area tech corridor
sperm bank · discredited · ostracized · decline · tragedy · brilliant · flawed
Celebrated achievement recipient
- prizeReward for winning
- awardHonor given for merit
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- achievementAccomplished goal or deed
ceremony · medal · Stockholm · Swedish · academy · honor · distinction · diploma
transistor
Semiconductor signal switch
- Bell LabsStoried telecommunications research institution
- solid-stateUsing semiconductors, not tubes
- junctionPoint where things meet
semiconductor · patent · breakthrough · amplifier · 1947 · silicon · germanium · bipolar · switching · miniaturization
silicon
Metalloid in electronics
conductivity · electron · hole · carrier · valence · depletion · diffusion · solar cell
eugenics
Controlled human reproduction theory
- controversyProlonged public disagreement
- racistOne prejudiced by ethnicity
- StanfordCalifornia private research university
Silicon Valley · sperm bank · discredited · ostracized · decline · tragedy · brilliant · flawed
laureate
Celebrated achievement recipient
- prizeReward for winning
- awardHonor given for merit
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
achievement · ceremony · medal · Stockholm · Swedish · academy · honor · distinction · diploma · banquet
ShockleyJonas Salk
Albert Schweitzer · Marie Curie · George Washington Carver · Rosalind Franklin
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