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Biography of Walter H. Brattain
1,335 words, approx. 5 pages
The American physicist Walter H. Brattain (1902-1987), a co-inventor of the transistor, devoted much of his life to research on surface states. Although he was born in Amoy, China (February 10, 1902), Walter Houser Brattain spent the early part of his...
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Biography of Walter Houser Brattain
949 words, approx. 3 pages
A small semiconducting device capable of great amplification, the transistor, invented by Walter Houser Brattain and colleagues John Bardeen and William Shockley, revolutionized many aspects of modern society, especially systems of communication. In...
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Biography of Walter Houser Brattain
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Brattain was born in China, and he grew up on his parents' cattle ranch in Washington state. In 1924 he graduated from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, with a degree in physics and mathematics. He later received his Masters from the...


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Brattain, Walter H.
202 words, approx. 1 pages
(born Feb. 10, 1902, Amoy, China—died Oct. 13, 1987, Seattle, Wash., U.S.) American scientist who, along with John Bardeen and William B. Shockley, won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1956 for his investigation of the properties of...
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1902-1987 American physicist who was awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize for Physics, with John Bardeen and William Shockley, for research on semiconductors and creating the transistor. Brattain joined Bell Telephone Laboratories in 1929. Shockley arrived in...
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Brattain, Walter H(Ouser)
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(born Feb. 10, 1902, Amoy, China—died Oct. 13, 1987, Seattle, Wash., U.S.) U.S. scientist. His American parents brought him to the U.S. soon after his birth. After earning a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, he became a researcher at Bell...
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Walter Houser Brattain (February 10, 1902 – October 13, 1987) was an American physicist at Bell Labs who, along with John Bardeen and William Shockley invented the transistor. They shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for their...


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The Washington Post
Walter Brattain, an Inventor Of the Transistor, Dies at 85
10/14/1987: 491 words, approx. 2 pages
Walter H. Brattain, 85, a coinventor of the transistor and who was one of three scientists named cowinners of the 1956 Nobel Prize in physics, died Oct. 13 at a nursing home in Seattle. He had Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Brattain shared his prize...
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Electronic Business
Happy 50th. (Bell Laboratories scientists John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, William Shockley discover transistor effect) (Technology Information)
12/01/1997: 2,030 words, approx. 7 pages
Bell Laboratories scientists John Bardeen, Walter Brattain and William Shockley are credited with discovering the transistor effect which has subsequently permeated almost all areas of life. While the computer industry is known as the prime transistor consumer, cellular telephones, dishwashers and airplanes, to name...
 


 

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