Walter Brattain
American physicist
ποΈFebruary 10, 1902 - October 13, 1987
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πBiography
Walter Brattain was an American physicist at Bell Labs who, along with fellow scientists John Bardeen and William Shockley, invented the point-contact transistor, revolutionizing the entire electronics industry.
πMajor Works & Achievements
- β¦Co-invented the transistor
- β¦Nobel Prize in Physics (1956)
- β¦Pioneer in solid-state physics
π¬Famous Quotes
"The only way to really know what is going on is to do it.
"Science is a way of thinking much more than it is a body of knowledge.
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