In the annual report of Beckman Instruments for 1956, Arnold Beckman wrote, “An outstanding example during the past year was the establishment of the Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory. Dr.W.Shockley, internationally renowned inventor of the junction transistor, joined the company to carry on basic and applied research in the exciting new field of semiconductors.” Shockley saw the …
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