Point-Contact Transistor
With John Bardeen, demonstrates transistor amplification by controlling electron and hole flow through a germanium semiconductor.
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Walter Houser Brattain Biography and Timeline
Follow Walter Houser Brattain through 2 dated historical records for United States of America.
Walter Houser Brattain, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1947–1956Years on this page
1947
1956
Nobel Prize for Transistor Physics
Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for semiconductor research and discovery of transistor action.
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