William B. Shockley: References & Edit History
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Joel N. Shurkin, Broken Genius: The Rise and Fall of William Shockley, Creator of the Electronic Age (2006), recounts Shockley’s life and work, from his co-invention of the transistor to his advocacy of views on race and genetics that ruined his reputation.
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Add new Web site: IEEE Spectrum - How William Shockleys Robot Dream Helped Launch Silicon Valley. | May 15, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Feb 09, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Academy of Sciences - William Bradford Shockley (PDF). | Feb 06, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC Radio 4 - The Californian Century - Californias Dark Secret: William Shockley. | Dec 27, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Academies Press - William Bradford Shockley (PDF). | Aug 08, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Aug 08, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - Electronics Pioneer William Shockley's Legacy. | Jun 30, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 08, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Southern Poverty Law Center - William Shockley. | Dec 27, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Scientists - John Bardeen. | May 09, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Inventors Hall of Fame - William B. Shockley. | May 09, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Engineering and Technology History Wiki - Biography of William Shockley. | Dec 19, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - William Shockley. | Apr 11, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nobelprize.org - Biography of William B. Shockley. | Apr 11, 2013 | ||
| Bibliography added. | Apr 07, 2011 | ||
| Changed "Harvard" to "Massachusetts Institute of Technology." |
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| Added new Web site: TIME 100: William Shockley. | May 10, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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