William Bradford Shockley Jr. (February 13, 1910 – August 12, 1989) was an American inventor, physicist, and eugenicist. He was the manager of a research group at Bell Labs that included John Bardeen and Walter Brattain. The three scientists were jointly awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for "their researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect".
william bradford shockley jr (february 13 1910 – august 12 1989) was an american inventor physicist and eugenicist he was the manager of a research group at bell labs that included john bardeen and walter brattain the three scientists were jointly awarded the 1956 nobel prize in physics for "their researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect"