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The invention of the transistor was stunted by ~5 years because of ww2, when Shockley, Bardeen and Brattain were redirected to war projects, such as bomb sights
by christocracy 7y ago
The invention of the transistor was stunted by ~5 years because of ww2, when Shockley, Bardeen and Brattain were redirected to war projects, such as bomb sights, magnetic detection of submarines and radar.
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1956/summary/ https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1956/summary/