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[[File:shockley.jpg|thumb|250px|William B. Shockley]]<br />
==Personal Life==<br />
===Early Life===<br />
William B. Shockley was born in London, England, on February 13th, 1910. His father, William Hillman Shockley, who was a mining engineer, was married to Mary (née Bradford), who was a US deputy mining surveyor. His family moved to the United States in 1913, where William B. Shockley earned his B.Sc. degree at California Institute of Technology in 1932. He later earned his Ph.D. in 1936 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and submitted a thesis called ''Electronic Bands in Sodium Chloride''. Later that year, William joined the Bell Telephone Laboratories, working with a group that was lead by Dr. C.J. Davisson. While working for Bell Laboratories, he published many works on solid state physics. He also got his first patent in 1938 for "Electron Discharge Device" (electron multipliers).<br />
<br />
===Career===<br />
William became very involved when WWII broke out. He began to work with radar research at Bell Laboratories in New York. He later left in 1942 and became a research director of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Operations Group. As research director, he devised many methods to counter submarine tactics. On October 17, 1946, William was rewarded the Medal of Merit by the Secretary of War Robert Patterson. <br />
From 1954 to 1955, he was research and deputy director of the Weapons System Evaluation Group in the Defense Department. His works was mainly centered towards energy bands in solids, disorder and order in alloys, vacuum tubes, transistors, and so on. <br />
<br />
===Family Life===<br />
Shockley was married twice. First, with Jean (née Bailey), who bore three children, and second with Emmy Lanning. <br />
<br />
===Death===<br />
Wiliam died of prostate cancer in 1989. Sadly, his death was not known by family members (excluding his wife at the time, Emmy) until printed in media.<br />
<br />
==Scientific Contributions==<br />
<br />
Shockley lead a solid state physics group formed by Bell Laboratories in 1945. Their purpose was to find a solid state alternative to fragile glass vacuum tube amplifiers. Many of their early attempts had failed but, had drew them closer to success. The climax of their work was when they began to surround point contacts between the conducting wires and semiconductor with electrolytes. Shockley advised putting a voltage on a droplet of glycol borate placed across a P-N junction, which is an interface between a p-type and n-type semiconductor.<br />
[[File:Junction transistor.jpg|thumb|350px|First Junction Transistor]] <br />
===Junction Transistor===<br />
When files were being patented, William's name was not listed in any of them. Although William had contributed as much, or even more, than the others in the group, Julius Lilienfield had not listed his name anywhere. This frustrated and inspired Shockley to create his own transistor. He had withheld some information while working with the Bell Laboratories group and so, he improved upon what they had already worked on. On February 13, 1948, John Shive's invention of using bronze contacts on the point contact transistor inspired Shockley to build the junction transistor. The junction transistor was significantly more durable and consisted of a sandwich structure. This sandwich structure was used by many transistors in the 1960's.<br />
<br />
While working on the junction transistor, he had been working on his magnum opus. In it, he included his diode equation, as follows:<br />
<br />
:<math>I=I_\mathrm{S} \left( e^{V_\mathrm{D}/(n V_\mathrm{T})}-1 \right),\,</math><br />
<br />
where<br />
:''I'' is the diode current,<br />
:''I''<sub>S</sub> = scale current,<br />
:''V''<sub>D</sub> = voltage across the diode,<br />
:''V''<sub>T</sub> = thermal voltage, and<br />
:''n'' = ideality factor<br />
<br />
William's invention of the junction transistor was announced on July 4th, 1951.<br />
<br />
==Connectedness==<br />
Transistors are one of the most important components in electronic devices. To see the origins of the transistor and its development is something many can appreciate. William's story is very personal as well. From being discredited to inventing a better transistor, William shows the a story of determination, innovation, and perseverance.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
<br />
:Who: William B. Shockley<br />
:What: Junction Transistor<br />
:When: 1949<br />
:Where: Outside of Bell Laboratories<br />
:Why: Majority of transistors in the 1960's used the sandwich structure of the junction transistor<br />
<br />
<br />
==See Also==<br />
===Further reading===<br />
<br />
Shockley, William. Electrons and Holes in Semiconductors: With Applications to Transistor Electronics. New York: Van Nostrand, 1950. Print<br />
<br />
===External links===<br />
* [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/inconversation/stories/2006/1678241.htm Interview with Shockley biographer Joel Shurkin]<br />
* [http://www.pbs.org/transistor/background1/events/miraclemo.html History of the transistor]<br />
* [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/William_Shockley William Shockley (IEEE Global History Network)]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
First image taken from http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1956/shockley.jpg<br />
Second image take from https://www.ecse.rpi.edu/~schubert/Educational-resources/1949%20First%20junction%20transistor%20(Shockley%20et%20al).jpg<br />
*http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1956/shockley-bio.html<br />
*http://www.pbs.org/transistor/album1/shockley/<br />
*http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3498287/<br />
*http://www.pbs.org/transistor/background1/events/patbat.html</div>Itsphysicshttp://www.physicsbook.gatech.edu/index.php?title=William_B._Shockley&diff=15927William B. Shockley2015-12-05T21:54:40Z<p>Itsphysics: /* Further reading */</p>
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<div><br />
Claimed by itsphysics<br />
[[File:shockley.jpg|thumb|250px|William B. Shockley]]<br />
==Personal Life==<br />
===Early Life===<br />
William B. Shockley was born in London, England, on February 13th, 1910. His father, William Hillman Shockley, who was a mining engineer, was married to Mary (née Bradford), who was a US deputy mining surveyor. His family moved to the United States in 1913, where William B. Shockley earned his B.Sc. degree at California Institute of Technology in 1932. He later earned his Ph.D. in 1936 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and submitted a thesis called ''Electronic Bands in Sodium Chloride''. Later that year, William joined the Bell Telephone Laboratories, working with a group that was lead by Dr. C.J. Davisson. While working for Bell Laboratories, he published many works on solid state physics. He also got his first patent in 1938 for "Electron Discharge Device" (electron multipliers).<br />
<br />
===Career===<br />
William became very involved when WWII broke out. He began to work with radar research at Bell Laboratories in New York. He later left in 1942 and became a research director of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Operations Group. As research director, he devised many methods to counter submarine tactics. On October 17, 1946, William was rewarded the Medal of Merit by the Secretary of War Robert Patterson. <br />
From 1954 to 1955, he was research and deputy director of the Weapons System Evaluation Group in the Defense Department. His works was mainly centered towards energy bands in solids, disorder and order in alloys, vacuum tubes, transistors, and so on. <br />
<br />
===Family Life===<br />
Shockley was married twice. First, with Jean (née Bailey), who bore three children, and second with Emmy Lanning. <br />
<br />
===Death===<br />
Wiliam died of prostate cancer in 1989. Sadly, his death was not known by family members (excluding his wife at the time, Emmy) until printed in media.<br />
<br />
==Scientific Contributions==<br />
<br />
Shockley lead a solid state physics group formed by Bell Laboratories in 1945. Their purpose was to find a solid state alternative to fragile glass vacuum tube amplifiers. Many of their early attempts had failed but, had drew them closer to success. The climax of their work was when they began to surround point contacts between the conducting wires and semiconductor with electrolytes. Shockley advised putting a voltage on a droplet of glycol borate placed across a P-N junction, which is an interface between a p-type and n-type semiconductor.<br />
[[File:Junction transistor.jpg|thumb|350px|First Junction Transistor]] <br />
===Junction Transistor===<br />
When files were being patented, William's name was not listed in any of them. Although William had contributed as much, or even more, than the others in the group, Julius Lilienfield had not listed his name anywhere. This frustrated and inspired Shockley to create his own transistor. He had withheld some information while working with the Bell Laboratories group and so, he improved upon what they had already worked on. On February 13, 1948, John Shive's invention of using bronze contacts on the point contact transistor inspired Shockley to build the junction transistor. The junction transistor was significantly more durable and consisted of a sandwich structure. This sandwich structure was used by many transistors in the 1960's.<br />
<br />
While working on the junction transistor, he had been working on his magnum opus. In it, he included his diode equation, as follows:<br />
<br />
:<math>I=I_\mathrm{S} \left( e^{V_\mathrm{D}/(n V_\mathrm{T})}-1 \right),\,</math><br />
<br />
where<br />
:''I'' is the diode current,<br />
:''I''<sub>S</sub> = scale current,<br />
:''V''<sub>D</sub> = voltage across the diode,<br />
:''V''<sub>T</sub> = thermal voltage, and<br />
:''n'' = ideality factor<br />
<br />
William's invention of the junction transistor was announced on July 4th, 1951.<br />
<br />
==Connectedness==<br />
Transistors are one of the most important components in electronic devices. To see the origins of the transistor and its development is something many can appreciate. William's story is very personal as well. From being discredited to inventing a better transistor, William shows the a story of determination, innovation, and perseverance.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
<br />
:Who: William B. Shockley<br />
:What: Junction Transistor<br />
:When: 1949<br />
:Where: Outside of Bell Laboratories<br />
:Why: Majority of transistors in the 1960's used the sandwich structure of the junction transistor<br />
<br />
<br />
==See Also==<br />
===Further reading===<br />
<br />
Shockley, William. Electrons and Holes in Semiconductors: With Applications to Transistor Electronics. New York: Van Nostrand, 1950. Print<br />
<br />
===External links===<br />
* [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/inconversation/stories/2006/1678241.htm Interview with Shockley biographer Joel Shurkin]<br />
* [http://www.pbs.org/transistor/background1/events/miraclemo.html History of the transistor]<br />
* [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/William_Shockley William Shockley (IEEE Global History Network)]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<br />
*http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1956/shockley-bio.html<br />
*http://www.pbs.org/transistor/album1/shockley/<br />
*http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3498287/<br />
*http://www.pbs.org/transistor/background1/events/patbat.html</div>Itsphysicshttp://www.physicsbook.gatech.edu/index.php?title=William_B._Shockley&diff=15921William B. Shockley2015-12-05T21:54:00Z<p>Itsphysics: /* See also */</p>
<hr />
<div><br />
Claimed by itsphysics<br />
[[File:shockley.jpg|thumb|250px|William B. Shockley]]<br />
==Personal Life==<br />
===Early Life===<br />
William B. Shockley was born in London, England, on February 13th, 1910. His father, William Hillman Shockley, who was a mining engineer, was married to Mary (née Bradford), who was a US deputy mining surveyor. His family moved to the United States in 1913, where William B. Shockley earned his B.Sc. degree at California Institute of Technology in 1932. He later earned his Ph.D. in 1936 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and submitted a thesis called ''Electronic Bands in Sodium Chloride''. Later that year, William joined the Bell Telephone Laboratories, working with a group that was lead by Dr. C.J. Davisson. While working for Bell Laboratories, he published many works on solid state physics. He also got his first patent in 1938 for "Electron Discharge Device" (electron multipliers).<br />
<br />
===Career===<br />
William became very involved when WWII broke out. He began to work with radar research at Bell Laboratories in New York. He later left in 1942 and became a research director of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Operations Group. As research director, he devised many methods to counter submarine tactics. On October 17, 1946, William was rewarded the Medal of Merit by the Secretary of War Robert Patterson. <br />
From 1954 to 1955, he was research and deputy director of the Weapons System Evaluation Group in the Defense Department. His works was mainly centered towards energy bands in solids, disorder and order in alloys, vacuum tubes, transistors, and so on. <br />
<br />
===Family Life===<br />
Shockley was married twice. First, with Jean (née Bailey), who bore three children, and second with Emmy Lanning. <br />
<br />
===Death===<br />
Wiliam died of prostate cancer in 1989. Sadly, his death was not known by family members (excluding his wife at the time, Emmy) until printed in media.<br />
<br />
==Scientific Contributions==<br />
<br />
Shockley lead a solid state physics group formed by Bell Laboratories in 1945. Their purpose was to find a solid state alternative to fragile glass vacuum tube amplifiers. Many of their early attempts had failed but, had drew them closer to success. The climax of their work was when they began to surround point contacts between the conducting wires and semiconductor with electrolytes. Shockley advised putting a voltage on a droplet of glycol borate placed across a P-N junction, which is an interface between a p-type and n-type semiconductor.<br />
[[File:Junction transistor.jpg|thumb|350px|First Junction Transistor]] <br />
===Junction Transistor===<br />
When files were being patented, William's name was not listed in any of them. Although William had contributed as much, or even more, than the others in the group, Julius Lilienfield had not listed his name anywhere. This frustrated and inspired Shockley to create his own transistor. He had withheld some information while working with the Bell Laboratories group and so, he improved upon what they had already worked on. On February 13, 1948, John Shive's invention of using bronze contacts on the point contact transistor inspired Shockley to build the junction transistor. The junction transistor was significantly more durable and consisted of a sandwich structure. This sandwich structure was used by many transistors in the 1960's.<br />
<br />
While working on the junction transistor, he had been working on his magnum opus. In it, he included his diode equation, as follows:<br />
<br />
:<math>I=I_\mathrm{S} \left( e^{V_\mathrm{D}/(n V_\mathrm{T})}-1 \right),\,</math><br />
<br />
where<br />
:''I'' is the diode current,<br />
:''I''<sub>S</sub> = scale current,<br />
:''V''<sub>D</sub> = voltage across the diode,<br />
:''V''<sub>T</sub> = thermal voltage, and<br />
:''n'' = ideality factor<br />
<br />
William's invention of the junction transistor was announced on July 4th, 1951.<br />
<br />
==Connectedness==<br />
Transistors are one of the most important components in electronic devices. To see the origins of the transistor and its development is something many can appreciate. William's story is very personal as well. From being discredited to inventing a better transistor, William shows the a story of determination, innovation, and perseverance.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
<br />
:Who: William B. Shockley<br />
:What: Junction Transistor<br />
:When: 1949<br />
:Where: Outside of Bell Laboratories<br />
:Why: Majority of transistors in the 1960's used the sandwich structure of the junction transistor<br />
<br />
<br />
===Further reading===<br />
<br />
Shockley, William. Electrons and Holes in Semiconductors: With Applications to Transistor Electronics. New York: Van Nostrand, 1950. Print<br />
<br />
===External links===<br />
* [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/inconversation/stories/2006/1678241.htm Interview with Shockley biographer Joel Shurkin]<br />
* [http://www.pbs.org/transistor/background1/events/miraclemo.html History of the transistor]<br />
* [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/William_Shockley William Shockley (IEEE Global History Network)]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<br />
*http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1956/shockley-bio.html<br />
*http://www.pbs.org/transistor/album1/shockley/<br />
*http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3498287/<br />
*http://www.pbs.org/transistor/background1/events/patbat.html</div>Itsphysicshttp://www.physicsbook.gatech.edu/index.php?title=William_B._Shockley&diff=15917William B. Shockley2015-12-05T21:53:46Z<p>Itsphysics: /* Further reading */</p>
<hr />
<div><br />
Claimed by itsphysics<br />
[[File:shockley.jpg|thumb|250px|William B. Shockley]]<br />
==Personal Life==<br />
===Early Life===<br />
William B. Shockley was born in London, England, on February 13th, 1910. His father, William Hillman Shockley, who was a mining engineer, was married to Mary (née Bradford), who was a US deputy mining surveyor. His family moved to the United States in 1913, where William B. Shockley earned his B.Sc. degree at California Institute of Technology in 1932. He later earned his Ph.D. in 1936 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and submitted a thesis called ''Electronic Bands in Sodium Chloride''. Later that year, William joined the Bell Telephone Laboratories, working with a group that was lead by Dr. C.J. Davisson. While working for Bell Laboratories, he published many works on solid state physics. He also got his first patent in 1938 for "Electron Discharge Device" (electron multipliers).<br />
<br />
===Career===<br />
William became very involved when WWII broke out. He began to work with radar research at Bell Laboratories in New York. He later left in 1942 and became a research director of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Operations Group. As research director, he devised many methods to counter submarine tactics. On October 17, 1946, William was rewarded the Medal of Merit by the Secretary of War Robert Patterson. <br />
From 1954 to 1955, he was research and deputy director of the Weapons System Evaluation Group in the Defense Department. His works was mainly centered towards energy bands in solids, disorder and order in alloys, vacuum tubes, transistors, and so on. <br />
<br />
===Family Life===<br />
Shockley was married twice. First, with Jean (née Bailey), who bore three children, and second with Emmy Lanning. <br />
<br />
===Death===<br />
Wiliam died of prostate cancer in 1989. Sadly, his death was not known by family members (excluding his wife at the time, Emmy) until printed in media.<br />
<br />
==Scientific Contributions==<br />
<br />
Shockley lead a solid state physics group formed by Bell Laboratories in 1945. Their purpose was to find a solid state alternative to fragile glass vacuum tube amplifiers. Many of their early attempts had failed but, had drew them closer to success. The climax of their work was when they began to surround point contacts between the conducting wires and semiconductor with electrolytes. Shockley advised putting a voltage on a droplet of glycol borate placed across a P-N junction, which is an interface between a p-type and n-type semiconductor.<br />
[[File:Junction transistor.jpg|thumb|350px|First Junction Transistor]] <br />
===Junction Transistor===<br />
When files were being patented, William's name was not listed in any of them. Although William had contributed as much, or even more, than the others in the group, Julius Lilienfield had not listed his name anywhere. This frustrated and inspired Shockley to create his own transistor. He had withheld some information while working with the Bell Laboratories group and so, he improved upon what they had already worked on. On February 13, 1948, John Shive's invention of using bronze contacts on the point contact transistor inspired Shockley to build the junction transistor. The junction transistor was significantly more durable and consisted of a sandwich structure. This sandwich structure was used by many transistors in the 1960's.<br />
<br />
While working on the junction transistor, he had been working on his magnum opus. In it, he included his diode equation, as follows:<br />
<br />
:<math>I=I_\mathrm{S} \left( e^{V_\mathrm{D}/(n V_\mathrm{T})}-1 \right),\,</math><br />
<br />
where<br />
:''I'' is the diode current,<br />
:''I''<sub>S</sub> = scale current,<br />
:''V''<sub>D</sub> = voltage across the diode,<br />
:''V''<sub>T</sub> = thermal voltage, and<br />
:''n'' = ideality factor<br />
<br />
William's invention of the junction transistor was announced on July 4th, 1951.<br />
<br />
==Connectedness==<br />
Transistors are one of the most important components in electronic devices. To see the origins of the transistor and its development is something many can appreciate. William's story is very personal as well. From being discredited to inventing a better transistor, William shows the a story of determination, innovation, and perseverance.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
<br />
:Who: William B. Shockley<br />
:What: Junction Transistor<br />
:When: 1949<br />
:Where: Outside of Bell Laboratories<br />
:Why: Majority of transistors in the 1960's used the sandwich structure of the junction transistor<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
<br />
Are there related topics or categories in this wiki resource for the curious reader to explore? How does this topic fit into that context?<br />
<br />
===Further reading===<br />
<br />
Shockley, William. Electrons and Holes in Semiconductors: With Applications to Transistor Electronics. New York: Van Nostrand, 1950. Print<br />
<br />
===External links===<br />
* [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/inconversation/stories/2006/1678241.htm Interview with Shockley biographer Joel Shurkin]<br />
* [http://www.pbs.org/transistor/background1/events/miraclemo.html History of the transistor]<br />
* [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/William_Shockley William Shockley (IEEE Global History Network)]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<br />
*http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1956/shockley-bio.html<br />
*http://www.pbs.org/transistor/album1/shockley/<br />
*http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3498287/<br />
*http://www.pbs.org/transistor/background1/events/patbat.html</div>Itsphysicshttp://www.physicsbook.gatech.edu/index.php?title=William_B._Shockley&diff=15860William B. Shockley2015-12-05T21:46:57Z<p>Itsphysics: /* References */</p>
<hr />
<div><br />
Claimed by itsphysics<br />
[[File:shockley.jpg|thumb|250px|William B. Shockley]]<br />
==Personal Life==<br />
===Early Life===<br />
William B. Shockley was born in London, England, on February 13th, 1910. His father, William Hillman Shockley, who was a mining engineer, was married to Mary (née Bradford), who was a US deputy mining surveyor. His family moved to the United States in 1913, where William B. Shockley earned his B.Sc. degree at California Institute of Technology in 1932. He later earned his Ph.D. in 1936 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and submitted a thesis called ''Electronic Bands in Sodium Chloride''. Later that year, William joined the Bell Telephone Laboratories, working with a group that was lead by Dr. C.J. Davisson. While working for Bell Laboratories, he published many works on solid state physics. He also got his first patent in 1938 for "Electron Discharge Device" (electron multipliers).<br />
<br />
===Career===<br />
William became very involved when WWII broke out. He began to work with radar research at Bell Laboratories in New York. He later left in 1942 and became a research director of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Operations Group. As research director, he devised many methods to counter submarine tactics. On October 17, 1946, William was rewarded the Medal of Merit by the Secretary of War Robert Patterson. <br />
From 1954 to 1955, he was research and deputy director of the Weapons System Evaluation Group in the Defense Department. His works was mainly centered towards energy bands in solids, disorder and order in alloys, vacuum tubes, transistors, and so on. <br />
<br />
===Family Life===<br />
Shockley was married twice. First, with Jean (née Bailey), who bore three children, and second with Emmy Lanning. <br />
<br />
===Death===<br />
Wiliam died of prostate cancer in 1989. Sadly, his death was not known by family members (excluding his wife at the time, Emmy) until printed in media.<br />
<br />
==Scientific Contributions==<br />
<br />
Shockley lead a solid state physics group formed by Bell Laboratories in 1945. Their purpose was to find a solid state alternative to fragile glass vacuum tube amplifiers. Many of their early attempts had failed but, had drew them closer to success. The climax of their work was when they began to surround point contacts between the conducting wires and semiconductor with electrolytes. Shockley advised putting a voltage on a droplet of glycol borate placed across a P-N junction, which is an interface between a p-type and n-type semiconductor.<br />
[[File:Junction transistor.jpg|thumb|350px|First Junction Transistor]] <br />
===Junction Transistor===<br />
When files were being patented, William's name was not listed in any of them. Although William had contributed as much, or even more, than the others in the group, Julius Lilienfield had not listed his name anywhere. This frustrated and inspired Shockley to create his own transistor. He had withheld some information while working with the Bell Laboratories group and so, he improved upon what they had already worked on. On February 13, 1948, John Shive's invention of using bronze contacts on the point contact transistor inspired Shockley to build the junction transistor. The junction transistor was significantly more durable and consisted of a sandwich structure. This sandwich structure was used by many transistors in the 1960's.<br />
<br />
While working on the junction transistor, he had been working on his magnum opus. In it, he included his diode equation, as follows:<br />
<br />
:<math>I=I_\mathrm{S} \left( e^{V_\mathrm{D}/(n V_\mathrm{T})}-1 \right),\,</math><br />
<br />
where<br />
:''I'' is the diode current,<br />
:''I''<sub>S</sub> = scale current,<br />
:''V''<sub>D</sub> = voltage across the diode,<br />
:''V''<sub>T</sub> = thermal voltage, and<br />
:''n'' = ideality factor<br />
<br />
William's invention of the junction transistor was announced on July 4th, 1951.<br />
<br />
==Connectedness==<br />
Transistors are one of the most important components in electronic devices. To see the origins of the transistor and its development is something many can appreciate. William's story is very personal as well. From being discredited to inventing a better transistor, William shows the a story of determination, innovation, and perseverance.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
<br />
:Who: William B. Shockley<br />
:What: Junction Transistor<br />
:When: 1949<br />
:Where: Outside of Bell Laboratories<br />
:Why: Majority of transistors in the 1960's used the sandwich structure of the junction transistor<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
<br />
Are there related topics or categories in this wiki resource for the curious reader to explore? How does this topic fit into that context?<br />
<br />
===Further reading===<br />
<br />
Books, Articles or other print media on this topic<br />
<br />
===External links===<br />
* [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/inconversation/stories/2006/1678241.htm Interview with Shockley biographer Joel Shurkin]<br />
* [http://www.pbs.org/transistor/background1/events/miraclemo.html History of the transistor]<br />
* [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/William_Shockley William Shockley (IEEE Global History Network)]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<br />
*http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1956/shockley-bio.html<br />
*http://www.pbs.org/transistor/album1/shockley/<br />
*http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3498287/<br />
*http://www.pbs.org/transistor/background1/events/patbat.html</div>Itsphysicshttp://www.physicsbook.gatech.edu/index.php?title=William_B._Shockley&diff=15841William B. Shockley2015-12-05T21:43:22Z<p>Itsphysics: /* References */</p>
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[[File:shockley.jpg|thumb|250px|William B. Shockley]]<br />
==Personal Life==<br />
===Early Life===<br />
William B. Shockley was born in London, England, on February 13th, 1910. His father, William Hillman Shockley, who was a mining engineer, was married to Mary (née Bradford), who was a US deputy mining surveyor. His family moved to the United States in 1913, where William B. Shockley earned his B.Sc. degree at California Institute of Technology in 1932. He later earned his Ph.D. in 1936 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and submitted a thesis called ''Electronic Bands in Sodium Chloride''. Later that year, William joined the Bell Telephone Laboratories, working with a group that was lead by Dr. C.J. Davisson. While working for Bell Laboratories, he published many works on solid state physics. He also got his first patent in 1938 for "Electron Discharge Device" (electron multipliers).<br />
<br />
===Career===<br />
William became very involved when WWII broke out. He began to work with radar research at Bell Laboratories in New York. He later left in 1942 and became a research director of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Operations Group. As research director, he devised many methods to counter submarine tactics. On October 17, 1946, William was rewarded the Medal of Merit by the Secretary of War Robert Patterson. <br />
From 1954 to 1955, he was research and deputy director of the Weapons System Evaluation Group in the Defense Department. His works was mainly centered towards energy bands in solids, disorder and order in alloys, vacuum tubes, transistors, and so on. <br />
<br />
===Family Life===<br />
Shockley was married twice. First, with Jean (née Bailey), who bore three children, and second with Emmy Lanning. <br />
<br />
===Death===<br />
Wiliam died of prostate cancer in 1989. Sadly, his death was not known by family members (excluding his wife at the time, Emmy) until printed in media.<br />
<br />
==Scientific Contributions==<br />
<br />
Shockley lead a solid state physics group formed by Bell Laboratories in 1945. Their purpose was to find a solid state alternative to fragile glass vacuum tube amplifiers. Many of their early attempts had failed but, had drew them closer to success. The climax of their work was when they began to surround point contacts between the conducting wires and semiconductor with electrolytes. Shockley advised putting a voltage on a droplet of glycol borate placed across a P-N junction, which is an interface between a p-type and n-type semiconductor.<br />
[[File:Junction transistor.jpg|thumb|350px|First Junction Transistor]] <br />
===Junction Transistor===<br />
When files were being patented, William's name was not listed in any of them. Although William had contributed as much, or even more, than the others in the group, Julius Lilienfield had not listed his name anywhere. This frustrated and inspired Shockley to create his own transistor. He had withheld some information while working with the Bell Laboratories group and so, he improved upon what they had already worked on. On February 13, 1948, John Shive's invention of using bronze contacts on the point contact transistor inspired Shockley to build the junction transistor. The junction transistor was significantly more durable and consisted of a sandwich structure. This sandwich structure was used by many transistors in the 1960's.<br />
<br />
While working on the junction transistor, he had been working on his magnum opus. In it, he included his diode equation, as follows:<br />
<br />
:<math>I=I_\mathrm{S} \left( e^{V_\mathrm{D}/(n V_\mathrm{T})}-1 \right),\,</math><br />
<br />
where<br />
:''I'' is the diode current,<br />
:''I''<sub>S</sub> = scale current,<br />
:''V''<sub>D</sub> = voltage across the diode,<br />
:''V''<sub>T</sub> = thermal voltage, and<br />
:''n'' = ideality factor<br />
<br />
William's invention of the junction transistor was announced on July 4th, 1951.<br />
<br />
==Connectedness==<br />
Transistors are one of the most important components in electronic devices. To see the origins of the transistor and its development is something many can appreciate. William's story is very personal as well. From being discredited to inventing a better transistor, William shows the a story of determination, innovation, and perseverance.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
<br />
:Who: William B. Shockley<br />
:What: Junction Transistor<br />
:When: 1949<br />
:Where: Outside of Bell Laboratories<br />
:Why: Majority of transistors in the 1960's used the sandwich structure of the junction transistor<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
<br />
Are there related topics or categories in this wiki resource for the curious reader to explore? How does this topic fit into that context?<br />
<br />
===Further reading===<br />
<br />
Books, Articles or other print media on this topic<br />
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===External links===<br />
* [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/inconversation/stories/2006/1678241.htm Interview with Shockley biographer Joel Shurkin]<br />
* [http://www.pbs.org/transistor/background1/events/miraclemo.html History of the transistor]<br />
* [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/William_Shockley William Shockley (IEEE Global History Network)]<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
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*http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1956/shockley-bio.html</div>Itsphysicshttp://www.physicsbook.gatech.edu/index.php?title=William_B._Shockley&diff=15836William B. Shockley2015-12-05T21:42:17Z<p>Itsphysics: /* External links */</p>
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[[File:shockley.jpg|thumb|250px|William B. Shockley]]<br />
==Personal Life==<br />
===Early Life===<br />
William B. Shockley was born in London, England, on February 13th, 1910. His father, William Hillman Shockley, who was a mining engineer, was married to Mary (née Bradford), who was a US deputy mining surveyor. His family moved to the United States in 1913, where William B. Shockley earned his B.Sc. degree at California Institute of Technology in 1932. He later earned his Ph.D. in 1936 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and submitted a thesis called ''Electronic Bands in Sodium Chloride''. Later that year, William joined the Bell Telephone Laboratories, working with a group that was lead by Dr. C.J. Davisson. While working for Bell Laboratories, he published many works on solid state physics. He also got his first patent in 1938 for "Electron Discharge Device" (electron multipliers).<br />
<br />
===Career===<br />
William became very involved when WWII broke out. He began to work with radar research at Bell Laboratories in New York. He later left in 1942 and became a research director of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Operations Group. As research director, he devised many methods to counter submarine tactics. On October 17, 1946, William was rewarded the Medal of Merit by the Secretary of War Robert Patterson. <br />
From 1954 to 1955, he was research and deputy director of the Weapons System Evaluation Group in the Defense Department. His works was mainly centered towards energy bands in solids, disorder and order in alloys, vacuum tubes, transistors, and so on. <br />
<br />
===Family Life===<br />
Shockley was married twice. First, with Jean (née Bailey), who bore three children, and second with Emmy Lanning. <br />
<br />
===Death===<br />
Wiliam died of prostate cancer in 1989. Sadly, his death was not known by family members (excluding his wife at the time, Emmy) until printed in media.<br />
<br />
==Scientific Contributions==<br />
<br />
Shockley lead a solid state physics group formed by Bell Laboratories in 1945. Their purpose was to find a solid state alternative to fragile glass vacuum tube amplifiers. Many of their early attempts had failed but, had drew them closer to success. The climax of their work was when they began to surround point contacts between the conducting wires and semiconductor with electrolytes. Shockley advised putting a voltage on a droplet of glycol borate placed across a P-N junction, which is an interface between a p-type and n-type semiconductor.<br />
[[File:Junction transistor.jpg|thumb|350px|First Junction Transistor]] <br />
===Junction Transistor===<br />
When files were being patented, William's name was not listed in any of them. Although William had contributed as much, or even more, than the others in the group, Julius Lilienfield had not listed his name anywhere. This frustrated and inspired Shockley to create his own transistor. He had withheld some information while working with the Bell Laboratories group and so, he improved upon what they had already worked on. On February 13, 1948, John Shive's invention of using bronze contacts on the point contact transistor inspired Shockley to build the junction transistor. The junction transistor was significantly more durable and consisted of a sandwich structure. This sandwich structure was used by many transistors in the 1960's.<br />
<br />
While working on the junction transistor, he had been working on his magnum opus. In it, he included his diode equation, as follows:<br />
<br />
:<math>I=I_\mathrm{S} \left( e^{V_\mathrm{D}/(n V_\mathrm{T})}-1 \right),\,</math><br />
<br />
where<br />
:''I'' is the diode current,<br />
:''I''<sub>S</sub> = scale current,<br />
:''V''<sub>D</sub> = voltage across the diode,<br />
:''V''<sub>T</sub> = thermal voltage, and<br />
:''n'' = ideality factor<br />
<br />
William's invention of the junction transistor was announced on July 4th, 1951.<br />
<br />
==Connectedness==<br />
Transistors are one of the most important components in electronic devices. To see the origins of the transistor and its development is something many can appreciate. William's story is very personal as well. From being discredited to inventing a better transistor, William shows the a story of determination, innovation, and perseverance.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
<br />
:Who: William B. Shockley<br />
:What: Junction Transistor<br />
:When: 1949<br />
:Where: Outside of Bell Laboratories<br />
:Why: Majority of transistors in the 1960's used the sandwich structure of the junction transistor<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
<br />
Are there related topics or categories in this wiki resource for the curious reader to explore? How does this topic fit into that context?<br />
<br />
===Further reading===<br />
<br />
Books, Articles or other print media on this topic<br />
<br />
===External links===<br />
* [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/inconversation/stories/2006/1678241.htm Interview with Shockley biographer Joel Shurkin]<br />
* [http://www.pbs.org/transistor/background1/events/miraclemo.html History of the transistor]<br />
* [http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/William_Shockley William Shockley (IEEE Global History Network)]<br />
<br />
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[[File:shockley.jpg|thumb|250px|William B. Shockley]]<br />
==Personal Life==<br />
===Early Life===<br />
William B. Shockley was born in London, England, on February 13th, 1910. His father, William Hillman Shockley, who was a mining engineer, was married to Mary (née Bradford), who was a US deputy mining surveyor. His family moved to the United States in 1913, where William B. Shockley earned his B.Sc. degree at California Institute of Technology in 1932. He later earned his Ph.D. in 1936 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and submitted a thesis called ''Electronic Bands in Sodium Chloride''. Later that year, William joined the Bell Telephone Laboratories, working with a group that was lead by Dr. C.J. Davisson. While working for Bell Laboratories, he published many works on solid state physics. He also got his first patent in 1938 for "Electron Discharge Device" (electron multipliers).<br />
<br />
===Career===<br />
William became very involved when WWII broke out. He began to work with radar research at Bell Laboratories in New York. He later left in 1942 and became a research director of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Operations Group. As research director, he devised many methods to counter submarine tactics. On October 17, 1946, William was rewarded the Medal of Merit by the Secretary of War Robert Patterson. <br />
From 1954 to 1955, he was research and deputy director of the Weapons System Evaluation Group in the Defense Department. His works was mainly centered towards energy bands in solids, disorder and order in alloys, vacuum tubes, transistors, and so on. <br />
<br />
===Family Life===<br />
Shockley was married twice. First, with Jean (née Bailey), who bore three children, and second with Emmy Lanning. <br />
<br />
===Death===<br />
Wiliam died of prostate cancer in 1989. Sadly, his death was not known by family members (excluding his wife at the time, Emmy) until printed in media.<br />
<br />
==Scientific Contributions==<br />
<br />
Shockley lead a solid state physics group formed by Bell Laboratories in 1945. Their purpose was to find a solid state alternative to fragile glass vacuum tube amplifiers. Many of their early attempts had failed but, had drew them closer to success. The climax of their work was when they began to surround point contacts between the conducting wires and semiconductor with electrolytes. Shockley advised putting a voltage on a droplet of glycol borate placed across a P-N junction, which is an interface between a p-type and n-type semiconductor.<br />
[[File:Junction transistor.jpg|thumb|350px|First Junction Transistor]] <br />
===Junction Transistor===<br />
When files were being patented, William's name was not listed in any of them. Although William had contributed as much, or even more, than the others in the group, Julius Lilienfield had not listed his name anywhere. This frustrated and inspired Shockley to create his own transistor. He had withheld some information while working with the Bell Laboratories group and so, he improved upon what they had already worked on. On February 13, 1948, John Shive's invention of using bronze contacts on the point contact transistor inspired Shockley to build the junction transistor. The junction transistor was significantly more durable and consisted of a sandwich structure. This sandwich structure was used by many transistors in the 1960's.<br />
<br />
While working on the junction transistor, he had been working on his magnum opus. In it, he included his diode equation, as follows:<br />
<br />
:<math>I=I_\mathrm{S} \left( e^{V_\mathrm{D}/(n V_\mathrm{T})}-1 \right),\,</math><br />
<br />
where<br />
:''I'' is the diode current,<br />
:''I''<sub>S</sub> = scale current,<br />
:''V''<sub>D</sub> = voltage across the diode,<br />
:''V''<sub>T</sub> = thermal voltage, and<br />
:''n'' = ideality factor<br />
<br />
William's invention of the junction transistor was announced on July 4th, 1951.<br />
<br />
==Connectedness==<br />
Transistors are one of the most important components in electronic devices. To see the origins of the transistor and its development is something many can appreciate. William's story is very personal as well. From being discredited to inventing a better transistor, William shows the a story of determination, innovation, and perseverance.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
<br />
:Who: William B. Shockley<br />
:What: Junction Transistor<br />
:When: 1949<br />
:Where: Outside of Bell Laboratories<br />
:Why: Majority of transistors in the 1960's used the sandwich structure of the junction transistor<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
<br />
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Books, Articles or other print media on this topic<br />
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===External links===<br />
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[[File:shockley.jpg|thumb|250px|William B. Shockley]]<br />
==Personal Life==<br />
===Early Life===<br />
William B. Shockley was born in London, England, on February 13th, 1910. His father, William Hillman Shockley, who was a mining engineer, was married to Mary (née Bradford), who was a US deputy mining surveyor. His family moved to the United States in 1913, where William B. Shockley earned his B.Sc. degree at California Institute of Technology in 1932. He later earned his Ph.D. in 1936 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and submitted a thesis called ''Electronic Bands in Sodium Chloride''. Later that year, William joined the Bell Telephone Laboratories, working with a group that was lead by Dr. C.J. Davisson. While working for Bell Laboratories, he published many works on solid state physics. He also got his first patent in 1938 for "Electron Discharge Device" (electron multipliers).<br />
<br />
===Career===<br />
William became very involved when WWII broke out. He began to work with radar research at Bell Laboratories in New York. He later left in 1942 and became a research director of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Operations Group. As research director, he devised many methods to counter submarine tactics. On October 17, 1946, William was rewarded the Medal of Merit by the Secretary of War Robert Patterson. <br />
From 1954 to 1955, he was research and deputy director of the Weapons System Evaluation Group in the Defense Department. His works was mainly centered towards energy bands in solids, disorder and order in alloys, vacuum tubes, transistors, and so on. <br />
<br />
===Family Life===<br />
Shockley was married twice. First, with Jean (née Bailey), who bore three children, and second with Emmy Lanning. <br />
<br />
===Death===<br />
Wiliam died of prostate cancer in 1989. Sadly, his death was not known by family members (excluding his wife at the time, Emmy) until printed in media.<br />
<br />
==Scientific Contributions==<br />
<br />
Shockley lead a solid state physics group formed by Bell Laboratories in 1945. Their purpose was to find a solid state alternative to fragile glass vacuum tube amplifiers. Many of their early attempts had failed but, had drew them closer to success. The climax of their work was when they began to surround point contacts between the conducting wires and semiconductor with electrolytes. Shockley advised putting a voltage on a droplet of glycol borate placed across a P-N junction, which is an interface between a p-type and n-type semiconductor.<br />
[[File:Junction transistor.jpg|thumb|350px|First Junction Transistor]] <br />
===Junction Transistor===<br />
When files were being patented, William's name was not listed in any of them. Although William had contributed as much, or even more, than the others in the group, Julius Lilienfield had not listed his name anywhere. This frustrated and inspired Shockley to create his own transistor. He had withheld some information while working with the Bell Laboratories group and so, he improved upon what they had already worked on. On February 13, 1948, John Shive's invention of using bronze contacts on the point contact transistor inspired Shockley to build the junction transistor. The junction transistor was significantly more durable and consisted of a sandwich structure. This sandwich structure was used by many transistors in the 1960's.<br />
<br />
While working on the junction transistor, he had been working on his magnum opus. In it, he included his diode equation, as follows:<br />
<br />
:<math>I=I_\mathrm{S} \left( e^{V_\mathrm{D}/(n V_\mathrm{T})}-1 \right),\,</math><br />
<br />
where<br />
:''I'' is the diode current,<br />
:''I''<sub>S</sub> = scale current,<br />
:''V''<sub>D</sub> = voltage across the diode,<br />
:''V''<sub>T</sub> = thermal voltage, and<br />
:''n'' = ideality factor<br />
<br />
William's invention of the junction transistor was announced on July 4th, 1951.<br />
<br />
==Connectedness==<br />
Transistors are one of the most important components in electronic devices. To see the origins of the transistor and its development is something many can appreciate. William's story is very personal as well. From being discredited to inventing a better transistor, William shows the a story of determination, innovation, and perseverance.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
<br />
Who: William B. Shockley<br />
:What: Junction Transistor<br />
:When: 1949<br />
:Where: Outside of Bell Laboratories<br />
:Why: Majority of transistors in the 1960's used the sandwich structure of the junction transistor<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
<br />
Are there related topics or categories in this wiki resource for the curious reader to explore? How does this topic fit into that context?<br />
<br />
===Further reading===<br />
<br />
Books, Articles or other print media on this topic<br />
<br />
===External links===<br />
[http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bring-science-home-reaction-time/]<br />
<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<br />
This section contains the the references you used while writing this page<br />
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[[File:shockley.jpg|thumb|250px|William B. Shockley]]<br />
==Personal Life==<br />
===Early Life===<br />
William B. Shockley was born in London, England, on February 13th, 1910. His father, William Hillman Shockley, who was a mining engineer, was married to Mary (née Bradford), who was a US deputy mining surveyor. His family moved to the United States in 1913, where William B. Shockley earned his B.Sc. degree at California Institute of Technology in 1932. He later earned his Ph.D. in 1936 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and submitted a thesis called ''Electronic Bands in Sodium Chloride''. Later that year, William joined the Bell Telephone Laboratories, working with a group that was lead by Dr. C.J. Davisson. While working for Bell Laboratories, he published many works on solid state physics. He also got his first patent in 1938 for "Electron Discharge Device" (electron multipliers).<br />
<br />
===Career===<br />
William became very involved when WWII broke out. He began to work with radar research at Bell Laboratories in New York. He later left in 1942 and became a research director of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Operations Group. As research director, he devised many methods to counter submarine tactics. On October 17, 1946, William was rewarded the Medal of Merit by the Secretary of War Robert Patterson. <br />
From 1954 to 1955, he was research and deputy director of the Weapons System Evaluation Group in the Defense Department. His works was mainly centered towards energy bands in solids, disorder and order in alloys, vacuum tubes, transistors, and so on. <br />
<br />
===Family Life===<br />
Shockley was married twice. First, with Jean (née Bailey), who bore three children, and second with Emmy Lanning. <br />
<br />
===Death===<br />
Wiliam died of prostate cancer in 1989. Sadly, his death was not known by family members (excluding his wife at the time, Emmy) until printed in media.<br />
<br />
==Scientific Contributions==<br />
<br />
Shockley lead a solid state physics group formed by Bell Laboratories in 1945. Their purpose was to find a solid state alternative to fragile glass vacuum tube amplifiers. Many of their early attempts had failed but, had drew them closer to success. The climax of their work was when they began to surround point contacts between the conducting wires and semiconductor with electrolytes. Shockley advised putting a voltage on a droplet of glycol borate placed across a P-N junction, which is an interface between a p-type and n-type semiconductor.<br />
[[File:Junction transistor.jpg|thumb|350px|First Junction Transistor]] <br />
===Junction Transistor===<br />
When files were being patented, William's name was not listed in any of them. Although William had contributed as much, or even more, than the others in the group, Julius Lilienfield had not listed his name anywhere. This frustrated and inspired Shockley to create his own transistor. He had withheld some information while working with the Bell Laboratories group and so, he improved upon what they had already worked on. On February 13, 1948, John Shive's invention of using bronze contacts on the point contact transistor inspired Shockley to build the junction transistor. The junction transistor was significantly more durable and consisted of a sandwich structure. This sandwich structure was used by many transistors in the 1960's.<br />
<br />
While working on the junction transistor, he had been working on his magnum opus. In it, he included his diode equation, as follows:<br />
<br />
:<math>I=I_\mathrm{S} \left( e^{V_\mathrm{D}/(n V_\mathrm{T})}-1 \right),\,</math><br />
<br />
where<br />
:''I'' is the diode current,<br />
:''I''<sub>S</sub> = scale current,<br />
:''V''<sub>D</sub> = voltage across the diode,<br />
:''V''<sub>T</sub> = thermal voltage, and<br />
:''n'' = ideality factor<br />
<br />
William's invention of the junction transistor was announced on July 4th, 1951.<br />
<br />
==Connectedness==<br />
Transistors are one of the most important components in electronic devices. To see the origins of the transistor and its development is something many can appreciate. William's story is very personal as well. From being discredited to inventing a better transistor, William shows the a story of determination, innovation, and perseverance.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
<br />
Who: William B. Shockley<br />
What: Junction Transistor<br />
When: 1949<br />
Where: Outside of Bell Laboratories<br />
Why: Majority of transistors in the 1960's used the sandwich structure of the junction transistor<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
<br />
Are there related topics or categories in this wiki resource for the curious reader to explore? How does this topic fit into that context?<br />
<br />
===Further reading===<br />
<br />
Books, Articles or other print media on this topic<br />
<br />
===External links===<br />
[http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bring-science-home-reaction-time/]<br />
<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
<br />
This section contains the the references you used while writing this page<br />
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[[File:shockley.jpg|thumb|250px|William B. Shockley]]<br />
==Personal Life==<br />
===Early Life===<br />
William B. Shockley was born in London, England, on February 13th, 1910. His father, William Hillman Shockley, who was a mining engineer, was married to Mary (née Bradford), who was a US deputy mining surveyor. His family moved to the United States in 1913, where William B. Shockley earned his B.Sc. degree at California Institute of Technology in 1932. He later earned his Ph.D. in 1936 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and submitted a thesis called ''Electronic Bands in Sodium Chloride''. Later that year, William joined the Bell Telephone Laboratories, working with a group that was lead by Dr. C.J. Davisson. While working for Bell Laboratories, he published many works on solid state physics. He also got his first patent in 1938 for "Electron Discharge Device" (electron multipliers).<br />
<br />
===Career===<br />
William became very involved when WWII broke out. He began to work with radar research at Bell Laboratories in New York. He later left in 1942 and became a research director of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Operations Group. As research director, he devised many methods to counter submarine tactics. On October 17, 1946, William was rewarded the Medal of Merit by the Secretary of War Robert Patterson. <br />
From 1954 to 1955, he was research and deputy director of the Weapons System Evaluation Group in the Defense Department. His works was mainly centered towards energy bands in solids, disorder and order in alloys, vacuum tubes, transistors, and so on. <br />
<br />
===Family Life===<br />
Shockley was married twice. First, with Jean (née Bailey), who bore three children, and second with Emmy Lanning. <br />
<br />
===Death===<br />
Wiliam died of prostate cancer in 1989. Sadly, his death was not known by family members (excluding his wife at the time, Emmy) until printed in media.<br />
<br />
==Scientific Contributions==<br />
<br />
Shockley lead a solid state physics group formed by Bell Laboratories in 1945. Their purpose was to find a solid state alternative to fragile glass vacuum tube amplifiers. Many of their early attempts had failed but, had drew them closer to success. The climax of their work was when they began to surround point contacts between the conducting wires and semiconductor with electrolytes. Shockley advised putting a voltage on a droplet of glycol borate placed across a P-N junction, which is an interface between a p-type and n-type semiconductor.<br />
[[File:Junction transistor.jpg|thumb|350px|First Junction Transistor]] <br />
===Junction Transistor===<br />
When files were being patented, William's name was not listed in any of them. Although William had contributed as much, or even more, than the others in the group, Julius Lilienfield had not listed his name anywhere. This frustrated and inspired Shockley to create his own transistor. He had withheld some information while working with the Bell Laboratories group and so, he improved upon what they had already worked on. On February 13, 1948, John Shive's invention of using bronze contacts on the point contact transistor inspired Shockley to build the junction transistor. The junction transistor was significantly more durable and consisted of a sandwich structure. This sandwich structure was used by many transistors in the 1960's.<br />
<br />
While working on the junction transistor, he had been working on his magnum opus. In it, he included his diode equation, as follows:<br />
<br />
:<math>I=I_\mathrm{S} \left( e^{V_\mathrm{D}/(n V_\mathrm{T})}-1 \right),\,</math><br />
<br />
where<br />
:''I'' is the diode current,<br />
:''I''<sub>S</sub> = scale current,<br />
:''V''<sub>D</sub> = voltage across the diode,<br />
:''V''<sub>T</sub> = thermal voltage, and<br />
:''n'' = ideality factor<br />
<br />
==Connectedness==<br />
Transistors are one of the most important components in electronic devices. To see the origins of the transistor and its development is something many can appreciate. William's story is very personal as well. From being discredited to inventing a better transistor, William shows the a story of determination, innovation, and perseverance.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
<br />
Who: William B. Shockley<br />
What: Junction Transistor<br />
When: 1949<br />
Where: Outside of Bell Laboratories<br />
Why: Majority of transistors in the 1960's used the sandwich structure of the junction transistor<br />
<br />
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[[File:shockley.jpg|thumb|250px|William B. Shockley]]<br />
==Personal Life==<br />
===Early Life===<br />
William B. Shockley was born in London, England, on February 13th, 1910. His father, William Hillman Shockley, who was a mining engineer, was married to Mary (née Bradford), who was a US deputy mining surveyor. His family moved to the United States in 1913, where William B. Shockley earned his B.Sc. degree at California Institute of Technology in 1932. He later earned his Ph.D. in 1936 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and submitted a thesis called ''Electronic Bands in Sodium Chloride''. Later that year, William joined the Bell Telephone Laboratories, working with a group that was lead by Dr. C.J. Davisson. While working for Bell Laboratories, he published many works on solid state physics. He also got his first patent in 1938 for "Electron Discharge Device" (electron multipliers).<br />
<br />
===Career===<br />
William became very involved when WWII broke out. He began to work with radar research at Bell Laboratories in New York. He later left in 1942 and became a research director of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Operations Group. As research director, he devised many methods to counter submarine tactics. On October 17, 1946, William was rewarded the Medal of Merit by the Secretary of War Robert Patterson. <br />
From 1954 to 1955, he was research and deputy director of the Weapons System Evaluation Group in the Defense Department. His works was mainly centered towards energy bands in solids, disorder and order in alloys, vacuum tubes, transistors, and so on. <br />
<br />
===Family Life===<br />
Shockley was married twice. First, with Jean (née Bailey), who bore three children, and second with Emmy Lanning. <br />
<br />
===Death===<br />
Wiliam died of prostate cancer in 1989. Sadly, his death was not known by family members (excluding his wife at the time, Emmy) until printed in media.<br />
<br />
==Scientific Contributions==<br />
<br />
Shockley lead a solid state physics group formed by Bell Laboratories in 1945. Their purpose was to find a solid state alternative to fragile glass vacuum tube amplifiers. Many of their early attempts had failed but, had drew them closer to success. The climax of their work was when they began to surround point contacts between the conducting wires and semiconductor with electrolytes. Shockley advised putting a voltage on a droplet of glycol borate placed across a P-N junction, which is an interface between a p-type and n-type semiconductor.<br />
[[File:Junction transistor.jpg|thumb|350px|First Junction Transistor]] <br />
===Junction Transistor===<br />
When files were being patented, William's name was not listed in any of them. Although William had contributed as much, or even more, than the others in the group, Julius Lilienfield had not listed his name anywhere. This frustrated and inspired Shockley to create his own transistor. He had withheld some information while working with the Bell Laboratories group and so, he improved upon what they had already worked on. On February 13, 1948, John Shive's invention of using bronze contacts on the point contact transistor inspired Shockley to build the junction transistor. The junction transistor was significantly more durable and consisted of a sandwich structure. This sandwich structure was used by many transistors in the 1960's.<br />
<br />
While working on the junction transistor, he had been working on his magnum opus. In it, he included his diode equation, as follows:<br />
<br />
:<math>I=I_\mathrm{S} \left( e^{V_\mathrm{D}/(n V_\mathrm{T})}-1 \right),\,</math><br />
<br />
where<br />
:''I'' is the diode current,<br />
:''I''<sub>S</sub> is the reverse bias [[saturation current]] (or scale current),<br />
:''V''<sub>D</sub> is the voltage across the diode,<br />
:''V''<sub>T</sub> is the [[thermal voltage]], and<br />
:''n'' is the ''ideality factor'', also known as the ''quality factor'' or sometimes ''emission coefficient''.<br />
<br />
==Connectedness==<br />
Transistors are one of the most important components in electronic devices. To see the origins of the transistor and its development is something many can appreciate. William's story is very personal as well. From being discredited to inventing a better transistor, William shows the a story of determination, innovation, and perseverance.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
<br />
Who: William B. Shockley<br />
What: Junction Transistor<br />
When: 1949<br />
Where: Outside of Bell Laboratories<br />
Why: Majority of transistors in the 1960's used the sandwich structure of the junction transistor<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
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[[File:shockley.jpg|thumb|250px|William B. Shockley]]<br />
==Personal Life==<br />
===Early Life===<br />
William B. Shockley was born in London, England, on February 13th, 1910. His father, William Hillman Shockley, who was a mining engineer, was married to Mary (née Bradford), who was a US deputy mining surveyor. His family moved to the United States in 1913, where William B. Shockley earned his B.Sc. degree at California Institute of Technology in 1932. He later earned his Ph.D. in 1936 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and submitted a thesis called ''Electronic Bands in Sodium Chloride''. Later that year, William joined the Bell Telephone Laboratories, working with a group that was lead by Dr. C.J. Davisson. While working for Bell Laboratories, he published many works on solid state physics. He also got his first patent in 1938 for "Electron Discharge Device" (electron multipliers).<br />
<br />
===Career===<br />
William became very involved when WWII broke out. He began to work with radar research at Bell Laboratories in New York. He later left in 1942 and became a research director of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Operations Group. As research director, he devised many methods to counter submarine tactics. On October 17, 1946, William was rewarded the Medal of Merit by the Secretary of War Robert Patterson. <br />
From 1954 to 1955, he was research and deputy director of the Weapons System Evaluation Group in the Defense Department. His works was mainly centered towards energy bands in solids, disorder and order in alloys, vacuum tubes, transistors, and so on. <br />
<br />
===Family Life===<br />
Shockley was married twice. First, with Jean (née Bailey), who bore three children, and second with Emmy Lanning. <br />
<br />
===Death===<br />
Wiliam died of prostate cancer in 1989. Sadly, his death was not known by family members (excluding his wife at the time, Emmy) until printed in media.<br />
<br />
==Scientific Contributions==<br />
<br />
Shockley lead a solid state physics group formed by Bell Laboratories in 1945. Their purpose was to find a solid state alternative to fragile glass vacuum tube amplifiers. Many of their early attempts had failed but, had drew them closer to success. The climax of their work was when they began to surround point contacts between the conducting wires and semiconductor with electrolytes. Shockley advised putting a voltage on a droplet of glycol borate placed across a P-N junction, which is an interface between a p-type and n-type semiconductor.<br />
[[File:Junction transistor.jpg|thumb|350px|First Junction Transistor]] <br />
===Junction Transistor===<br />
<br />
==Connectedness==<br />
Transistors are one of the most important components in electronic devices. To see the origins of the transistor and its development is something many can appreciate. William's story is very personal as well. From being discredited to inventing a better transistor, William shows the a story of determination, innovation, and perseverance.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
<br />
Who: William B. Shockley<br />
What: Junction Transistor<br />
When: 1949<br />
Where: Outside of Bell Laboratories<br />
Why: Majority of transistors in the 1960's used the sandwich structure of the junction transistor<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
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[[File:shockley.jpg|thumb|250px|William B. Shockley]]<br />
==Personal Life==<br />
===Early Life===<br />
William B. Shockley was born in London, England, on February 13th, 1910. His father, William Hillman Shockley, who was a mining engineer, was married to Mary (née Bradford), who was a US deputy mining surveyor. His family moved to the United States in 1913, where William B. Shockley earned his B.Sc. degree at California Institute of Technology in 1932. He later earned his Ph.D. in 1936 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and submitted a thesis called ''Electronic Bands in Sodium Chloride''. Later that year, William joined the Bell Telephone Laboratories, working with a group that was lead by Dr. C.J. Davisson. While working for Bell Laboratories, he published many works on solid state physics. He also got his first patent in 1938 for "Electron Discharge Device" (electron multipliers).<br />
<br />
===Career===<br />
William became very involved when WWII broke out. He began to work with radar research at Bell Laboratories in New York. He later left in 1942 and became a research director of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Operations Group. As research director, he devised many methods to counter submarine tactics. On October 17, 1946, William was rewarded the Medal of Merit by the Secretary of War Robert Patterson. <br />
From 1954 to 1955, he was research and deputy director of the Weapons System Evaluation Group in the Defense Department. His works was mainly centered towards energy bands in solids, disorder and order in alloys, vacuum tubes, transistors, and so on. <br />
<br />
===Family Life===<br />
Shockley was married twice. First, with Jean (née Bailey), who bore three children, and second with Emmy Lanning. <br />
<br />
===Death===<br />
Wiliam died of prostate cancer in 1989. Sadly, his death was not known by family members (excluding his wife at the time, Emmy) until printed in media.<br />
<br />
==Scientific Contributions==<br />
<br />
Shockley lead a solid state physics group formed by Bell Laboratories in 1945. Their purpose was to find a solid state alternative to fragile glass vacuum tube amplifiers. Many of their early attempts had failed but, had drew them closer to success. The climax of their work was when they began to surround point contacts between the conducting wires and semiconductor with electrolytes. Shockley advised putting a voltage on a droplet of glycol borate placed across a P-N junction, which is an interface between a p-type and n-type semiconductor. <br />
===Junction Transistor===<br />
<br />
==Connectedness==<br />
Transistors are one of the most important components in electronic devices. To see the origins of the transistor and its development is something many can appreciate. William's story is very personal as well. From being discredited to inventing a better transistor, William shows the a story of determination, innovation, and perseverance.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
<br />
Who: William B. Shockley<br />
What: Junction Transistor<br />
When: 1949<br />
Where: Outside of Bell Laboratories<br />
Why: Majority of transistors in the 1960's used the sandwich structure of the junction transistor<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
<br />
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[[File:shockley.jpg|thumb|250px|William B. Shockley]]<br />
==Personal Life==<br />
===Early Life===<br />
William B. Shockley was born in London, England, on February 13th, 1910. His father, William Hillman Shockley, who was a mining engineer, was married to Mary (née Bradford), who was a US deputy mining surveyor. His family moved to the United States in 1913, where William B. Shockley earned his B.Sc. degree at California Institute of Technology in 1932. He later earned his Ph.D. in 1936 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and submitted a thesis called ''Electronic Bands in Sodium Chloride''. Later that year, William joined the Bell Telephone Laboratories, working with a group that was lead by Dr. C.J. Davisson. While working for Bell Laboratories, he published many works on solid state physics. He also got his first patent in 1938 for "Electron Discharge Device" (electron multipliers).<br />
<br />
===Career===<br />
William became very involved when WWII broke out. He began to work with radar research at Bell Laboratories in New York. He later left in 1942 and became a research director of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Operations Group. As research director, he devised many methods to counter submarine tactics. On October 17, 1946, William was rewarded the Medal of Merit by the Secretary of War Robert Patterson. <br />
From 1954 to 1955, he was research and deputy director of the Weapons System Evaluation Group in the Defense Department. His works was mainly centered towards energy bands in solids, disorder and order in alloys, vacuum tubes, transistors, and so on. <br />
<br />
===Family Life===<br />
Shockley was married twice. First, with Jean (née Bailey), who bore three children, and second with Emmy Lanning. <br />
<br />
===Death===<br />
Wiliam died of prostate cancer in 1989. Sadly, his death was not known by family members (excluding his wife at the time, Emmy) until printed in media.<br />
<br />
==Scientific Contributions==<br />
<br />
Shockley lead a solid state physics group formed by Bell Laboratories in 1945. Their purpose was to find a solid state alternative to fragile glass vacuum tube amplifiers. Many of their early attempts had failed but, had drew them closer to success. The climax of their work was when they began to surround point contacts between the conducting wires and semiconductor with electrolytes. Shockley advised putting a voltage on a droplet of glycol borate placed across a P-N junction, which is an interface between a p-type and n-type semiconductor. <br />
===Junction Transistor===<br />
[[File:Junction transistor.jpg|thumb|350px|First Junction Transistor]]<br />
<br />
==Connectedness==<br />
Transistors are one of the most important components in electronic devices. To see the origins of the transistor and its development is something many can appreciate. William's story is very personal as well. From being discredited to inventing a better transistor, William shows the a story of determination, innovation, and perseverance.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
<br />
Who: William B. Shockley<br />
What: Junction Transistor<br />
When: 1949<br />
Where: Outside of Bell Laboratories<br />
Why: Majority of transistors in the 1960's used the sandwich structure of the junction transistor<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
<br />
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Books, Articles or other print media on this topic<br />
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===External links===<br />
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[[File:shockley.jpg|thumb|250px|William B. Shockley]]<br />
==Personal Life==<br />
===Early Life===<br />
William B. Shockley was born in London, England, on February 13th, 1910. His father, William Hillman Shockley, who was a mining engineer, was married to Mary (née Bradford), who was a US deputy mining surveyor. His family moved to the United States in 1913, where William B. Shockley earned his B.Sc. degree at California Institute of Technology in 1932. He later earned his Ph.D. in 1936 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and submitted a thesis called ''Electronic Bands in Sodium Chloride''. Later that year, William joined the Bell Telephone Laboratories, working with a group that was lead by Dr. C.J. Davisson. While working for Bell Laboratories, he published many works on solid state physics. He also got his first patent in 1938 for "Electron Discharge Device" (electron multipliers).<br />
<br />
===Career===<br />
William became very involved when WWII broke out. He began to work with radar research at Bell Laboratories in New York. He later left in 1942 and became a research director of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Operations Group. As research director, he devised many methods to counter submarine tactics. On October 17, 1946, William was rewarded the Medal of Merit by the Secretary of War Robert Patterson. <br />
From 1954 to 1955, he was research and deputy director of the Weapons System Evaluation Group in the Defense Department. His works was mainly centered towards energy bands in solids, disorder and order in alloys, vacuum tubes, transistors, and so on. <br />
<br />
===Family Life===<br />
Shockley was married twice. First, with Jean (née Bailey), who bore three children, and second with Emmy Lanning. <br />
<br />
===Death===<br />
Wiliam died of prostate cancer in 1989. Sadly, his death was not known by family members (excluding his wife at the time, Emmy) until printed in media.<br />
<br />
==Scientific Contributions==<br />
<br />
Shockley lead a solid state physics group formed by Bell Laboratories in 1945. Their purpose was to find a solid state alternative to fragile glass vacuum tube amplifiers. Many of their early attempts had failed but, had drew them closer to success. The climax of their work was when they began to surround point contacts between the conducting wires and semiconductor with electrolytes. Shockley advised putting a voltage on a droplet of glycol borate placed across a P-N junction, which is an interface between a p-type and n-type semiconductor. <br />
===Junction Transistor===<br />
[[File:Junction transistor.jpg|thumb|250px|First Junction Transistor]]<br />
<br />
==Connectedness==<br />
Transistors are one of the most important components in electronic devices. To see the origins of the transistor and its development is something many can appreciate. William's story is very personal as well. From being discredited to inventing a better transistor, William shows the a story of determination, innovation, and perseverance.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
<br />
Who: William B. Shockley<br />
What: Junction Transistor<br />
When: 1949<br />
Where: Outside of Bell Laboratories<br />
Why: Majority of transistors in the 1960's used the sandwich structure of the junction transistor<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
<br />
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<br />
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===External links===<br />
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[[File:shockley.jpg|thumb|250px|William B. Shockley]]<br />
==Personal Life==<br />
===Early Life===<br />
William B. Shockley was born in London, England, on February 13th, 1910. His father, William Hillman Shockley, who was a mining engineer, was married to Mary (née Bradford), who was a US deputy mining surveyor. His family moved to the United States in 1913, where William B. Shockley earned his B.Sc. degree at California Institute of Technology in 1932. He later earned his Ph.D. in 1936 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and submitted a thesis called ''Electronic Bands in Sodium Chloride''. Later that year, William joined the Bell Telephone Laboratories, working with a group that was lead by Dr. C.J. Davisson. While working for Bell Laboratories, he published many works on solid state physics. He also got his first patent in 1938 for "Electron Discharge Device" (electron multipliers).<br />
<br />
===Career===<br />
William became very involved when WWII broke out. He began to work with radar research at Bell Laboratories in New York. He later left in 1942 and became a research director of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Operations Group. As research director, he devised many methods to counter submarine tactics. On October 17, 1946, William was rewarded the Medal of Merit by the Secretary of War Robert Patterson. <br />
From 1954 to 1955, he was research and deputy director of the Weapons System Evaluation Group in the Defense Department. His works was mainly centered towards energy bands in solids, disorder and order in alloys, vacuum tubes, transistors, and so on. <br />
<br />
===Family Life===<br />
Shockley was married twice. First, with Jean (née Bailey), who bore three children, and second with Emmy Lanning. <br />
<br />
===Death===<br />
Wiliam died of prostate cancer in 1989. Sadly, his death was not known by family members (excluding his wife at the time, Emmy) until printed in media.<br />
<br />
==Scientific Contributions==<br />
<br />
Shockley lead a solid state physics group formed by Bell Laboratories in 1945. Their purpose was to find a solid state alternative to fragile glass vacuum tube amplifiers. Many of their early attempts had failed but, had drew them closer to success. The climax of their work was when they began to surround point contacts between the conducting wires and semiconductor with electrolytes. Shockley advised putting a voltage on a droplet of glycol borate placed across a P-N junction, which is an interface between a p-type and n-type semiconductor. <br />
===Junction Transistor===<br />
[[File:junction transistor.jpg|thumb|250px|First Junction Transistor]]<br />
<br />
==Connectedness==<br />
Transistors are one of the most important components in electronic devices. To see the origins of the transistor and its development is something many can appreciate. William's story is very personal as well. From being discredited to inventing a better transistor, William shows the a story of determination, innovation, and perseverance.<br />
<br />
==History==<br />
<br />
Who: William B. Shockley<br />
What: Junction Transistor<br />
When: 1949<br />
Where: Outside of Bell Laboratories<br />
Why: Majority of transistors in the 1960's used the sandwich structure of the junction transistor<br />
<br />
== See also ==<br />
<br />
Are there related topics or categories in this wiki resource for the curious reader to explore? How does this topic fit into that context?<br />
<br />
===Further reading===<br />
<br />
Books, Articles or other print media on this topic<br />
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===External links===<br />
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==Personal Life==<br />
===Early Life===<br />
William B. Shockley was born in London, England, on February 13th, 1910. His father, William Hillman Shockley, who was a mining engineer, was married to Mary (née Bradford), who was a US deputy mining surveyor. His family moved to the United States in 1913, where William B. Shockley earned his B.Sc. degree at California Institute of Technology in 1932. He later earned his Ph.D. in 1936 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and submitted a thesis called ''Electronic Bands in Sodium Chloride''. Later that year, William joined the Bell Telephone Laboratories, working with a group that was lead by Dr. C.J. Davisson. While working for Bell Laboratories, he published many works on solid state physics. He also got his first patent in 1938 for "Electron Discharge Device" (electron multipliers).<br />
<br />
===Career===<br />
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From 1954 to 1955, he was research and deputy director of the Weapons System Evaluation Group in the Defense Department. His works was mainly centered towards energy bands in solids, disorder and order in alloys, vacuum tubes, transistors, and so on. <br />
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Shockley lead a solid state physics group formed by Bell Laboratories in 1945. Their purpose was to find a solid state alternative to fragile glass vacuum tube amplifiers. Many of their early attempts had failed but, had drew them closer to success. The climax of their work was when they began to surround point contacts between the conducting wires and semiconductor with electrolytes. Shockley advised putting a voltage on a droplet of glycol borate placed across a P-N junction, which is an interface between a p-type and n-type semiconductor. <br />
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William became very involved when WWII broke out. He began to work with radar research at Bell Laboratories in New York. He later left in 1942 and became a research director of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Operations Group. As research director, he devised many methods to counter submarine tactics. On October 17, 1946, William was rewarded the Medal of Merit by the Secretary of War Robert Patterson. <br />
From 1954 to 1955, he was research and deputy director of the Weapons System Evaluation Group in the Defense Department. His works was mainly centered towards energy bands in solids, disorder and order in alloys, vacuum tubes, transistors, and so on. <br />
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Shockley was married twice. First, with Jean (née Bailey), who bore three children, and second with Emmy Lanning. <br />
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==History==<br />
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Who: William B. Shockley<br />
What: Junction Transistor<br />
When: 1949<br />
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Why: Majority of transistors in the 1960's used the sandwich structure of the junction transistor<br />
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==Personal Life==<br />
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William B. Shockley was born in London, England, on February 13th, 1910. His father, William Hillman Shockley, who was a mining engineer, was married to Mary (née Bradford), who was a US deputy mining surveyor. His family moved to the United States in 1913, where William B. Shockley earned his B.Sc. degree at California Institute of Technology in 1932. He later earned his Ph.D. in 1936 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and submitted a thesis called ''Electronic Bands in Sodium Chloride''. Later that year, William joined the Bell Telephone Laboratories, working with a group that was lead by Dr. C.J. Davisson. While working for Bell Laboratories, he published many works on solid state physics. He also got his first patent in 1938 for "Electron Discharge Device" (electron multipliers).<br />
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William became very involved when WWII broke out. He began to work with radar research at Bell Laboratories in New York. He later left in 1942 and became a research director of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Operations Group. As research director, he devised many methods to counter submarine tactics. On October 17, 1946, William was rewarded the Medal of Merit by the Secretary of War Robert Patterson. <br />
From 1954 to 1955, he was research and deputy director of the Weapons System Evaluation Group in the Defense Department. His works was mainly centered towards energy bands in solids, disorder and order in alloys, vacuum tubes, transistors, and so on. <br />
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===Family Life===<br />
Shockley was married twice. First, with Jean (née Bailey), who bore three children, and second with Emmy Lanning. <br />
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===Death===<br />
Wiliam died of prostate cancer in 1989. Sadly, his death was not known by family members (excluding his wife at the time, Emmy) until printed in media.<br />
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===Interactions===<br />
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*[[Kinds of Matter]]<br />
**[[Ball and Spring Model of Matter]]<br />
*[[Detecting Interactions]]<br />
*[[Escape Velocity]]<br />
*[[Fundamental Interactions]]<br />
*[[Determinism]]<br />
*[[System & Surroundings]] <br />
*[[Free Body Diagram]]<br />
*[[Newton's First Law of Motion]]<br />
*[[Newton's Second Law of Motion]]<br />
*[[Newton's Third Law of Motion]]<br />
*[[Gravitational Force]]<br />
*[[Electric Force]]<br />
*[[Conservation of Energy]]<br />
*[[Conservation of Charge]]<br />
*[[Terminal Speed]]<br />
*[[Simple Harmonic Motion]]<br />
*[[Speed and Velocity]]<br />
*[[Electric Polarization]]<br />
*[[Perpetual Freefall (Orbit)]]<br />
*[[2-Dimensional Motion]]<br />
*[[Center of Mass]]<br />
*[[Reaction Time]]<br />
*[[Time Dilation]]<br />
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===Modeling with VPython===<br />
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*[[VPython]]<br />
*[[VPython basics]]<br />
*[[VPython Common Errors and Troubleshooting]]<br />
*[[VPython Functions]]<br />
*[[VPython Lists]]<br />
*[[VPython Multithreading]]<br />
*[[VPython Animation]]<br />
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===Theory===<br />
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*[[Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity]]<br />
*[[Einstein's Theory of General Relativity]]<br />
*[[Quantum Theory]]<br />
*[[Maxwell's Electromagnetic Theory]]<br />
*[[Atomic Theory]]<br />
*[[String Theory]]<br />
*[[Elementary Particles and Particle Physics Theory]]<br />
*[[Law of Gravitation]]<br />
*[[Newton's Laws]]<br />
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===Notable Scientists===<br />
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*[[Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov]]<br />
*[[Christian Doppler]]<br />
*[[Albert Einstein]]<br />
*[[Ernest Rutherford]]<br />
*[[Joseph Henry]]<br />
*[[Michael Faraday]]<br />
*[[J.J. Thomson]]<br />
*[[James Maxwell]]<br />
*[[Robert Hooke]]<br />
*[[Carl Friedrich Gauss]]<br />
*[[Nikola Tesla]]<br />
*[[Andre Marie Ampere]]<br />
*[[Sir Isaac Newton]]<br />
*[[J. Robert Oppenheimer]]<br />
*[[Oliver Heaviside]]<br />
*[[Rosalind Franklin]]<br />
*[[Enrico Fermi]]<br />
*[[Robert J. Van de Graaff]]<br />
*[[Charles de Coulomb]]<br />
*[[Hans Christian Ørsted]]<br />
*[[Philo Farnsworth]]<br />
*[[Niels Bohr]]<br />
*[[Georg Ohm]]<br />
*[[Galileo Galilei]]<br />
*[[Gustav Kirchhoff]]<br />
*[[Max Planck]]<br />
*[[Heinrich Hertz]]<br />
*[[Edwin Hall]]<br />
*[[James Watt]]<br />
*[[Count Alessandro Volta]]<br />
*[[Josiah Willard Gibbs]]<br />
*[[Richard Phillips Feynman]]<br />
*[[Sir David Brewster]]<br />
*[[Daniel Bernoulli]]<br />
*[[William Thomson]]<br />
*[[Leonhard Euler]]<br />
*[[Robert Fox Bacher]]<br />
*[[Stephen Hawking]]<br />
*[[Amedeo Avogadro]]<br />
*[[Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen]]<br />
*[[Pierre Laplace]]<br />
*[[Thomas Edison]]<br />
*[[Hendrik Lorentz]]<br />
*[[Jean-Baptiste Biot]]<br />
*[[Lise Meitner]]<br />
*[[Lisa Randall]]<br />
*[[Felix Savart]]<br />
*[[Heinrich Lenz]]<br />
*[[Max Born]]<br />
*[[Archimedes]]<br />
*[[Jean Baptiste Biot]]<br />
*[[Carl Sagan]]<br />
*[[Eugene Wigner]]<br />
*[[Marie Curie]]<br />
*[[Pierre Curie]]<br />
*[[Werner Heisenberg]]<br />
*[[Johannes Diderik van der Waals]]<br />
*[[Louis de Broglie]]<br />
*[[Aristotle]]<br />
*[[Émilie du Châtelet]]<br />
*[[Blaise Pascal]]<br />
*[[Benjamin Franklin]]<br />
*[[James Chadwick]]<br />
*[[Henry Cavendish]]<br />
*[[Thomas Young]]<br />
*[[James Prescott Joule]]<br />
*[[John Bardeen]]<br />
*[[Leo Baekeland]]<br />
*[[Alhazen]]<br />
*[[Willebrord Snell]]<br />
*[[Fritz Walther Meissner]]<br />
*[[Johannes Kepler]]<br />
*[[Johann Wilhelm Ritter]]<br />
*[[Philipp Lenard]]<br />
*[[Robert A. Millikan]]<br />
*[[Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac]]<br />
*[[Guglielmo Marconi]]<br />
*[[William Lawrence Bragg]]<br />
*[[Robert Goddard]]<br />
*[[Léon Foucault]]<br />
*[[Henri Poincaré]]<br />
*[[Steven Weinberg]]<br />
*[[Arthur Compton]]<br />
*[[Pythagoras of Samos]]<br />
*[[Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar]]<br />
*[[Wilhelm Eduard Weber]]<br />
*[[Edmond Becquerel]]<br />
*[[Joseph Rotblat]]<br />
*[[Carl David Anderson]]<br />
*[[Hermann von Helmholtz]]<br />
*[[Nicolas Leonard Sadi Carnot]]<br />
*[[Wallace Carothers]]<br />
*[[David J. Wineland]]<br />
*[[Rudolf Clausius]]<br />
*[[Edward L. Norton]]<br />
*[[Shuji Nakamura]]<br />
*[[Pierre Laplace Pt. 2]]<br />
*[[William B. Shockley]]<br />
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<br />
===Properties of Matter===<br />
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*[[Mass]]<br />
*[[Velocity]]<br />
*[[Relative Velocity]]<br />
*[[Density]]<br />
*[[Charge]]<br />
*[[Spin]]<br />
*[[SI Units]]<br />
*[[Heat Capacity]]<br />
*[[Specific Heat]]<br />
*[[Wavelength]]<br />
*[[Conductivity]]<br />
*[[Malleability]]<br />
*[[Weight]]<br />
*[[Boiling Point]]<br />
*[[Melting Point]]<br />
*[[Inertia]]<br />
*[[Non-Newtonian Fluids]]<br />
*[[Ferrofluids]]<br />
*[[Color]]<br />
*[[Temperature]]<br />
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<br />
===Contact Interactions===<br />
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* [[Young's Modulus]]<br />
* [[Friction]]<br />
* [[Tension]]<br />
* [[Hooke's Law]]<br />
*[[Centripetal Force and Curving Motion]]<br />
*[[Compression or Normal Force]]<br />
* [[Length and Stiffness of an Interatomic Bond]]<br />
* [[Speed of Sound in a Solid]]<br />
* [[Iterative Prediction of Spring-Mass System]]<br />
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<br />
===Momentum===<br />
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* [[Vectors]]<br />
* [[Kinematics]]<br />
* [[Conservation of Momentum]]<br />
* [[Predicting Change in multiple dimensions]]<br />
* [[Derivation of the Momentum Principle]]<br />
* [[Momentum Principle]]<br />
* [[Impulse Momentum]]<br />
* [[Curving Motion]]<br />
* [[Projectile Motion]]<br />
* [[Multi-particle Analysis of Momentum]]<br />
* [[Iterative Prediction]]<br />
* [[Analytical Prediction]]<br />
* [[Newton's Laws and Linear Momentum]]<br />
* [[Net Force]]<br />
* [[Center of Mass]]<br />
* [[Momentum at High Speeds]]<br />
* [[Change in Momentum in Time for Curving Motion]]<br />
* [[Momentum with respect to external Forces]]<br />
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===Angular Momentum===<br />
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* [[The Moments of Inertia]]<br />
* [[Moment of Inertia for a cylinder]]<br />
* [[Rotation]]<br />
* [[Torque]]<br />
* [[Systems with Zero Torque]]<br />
* [[Systems with Nonzero Torque]]<br />
* [[Torque vs Work]]<br />
* [[Angular Impulse]]<br />
* [[Right Hand Rule]]<br />
* [[Angular Velocity]]<br />
* [[Predicting the Position of a Rotating System]]<br />
* [[Translational Angular Momentum]]<br />
* [[The Angular Momentum Principle]]<br />
* [[Angular Momentum of Multiparticle Systems]]<br />
* [[Rotational Angular Momentum]]<br />
* [[Total Angular Momentum]]<br />
* [[Gyroscopes]]<br />
* [[Angular Momentum Compared to Linear Momentum]]<br />
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===Energy===<br />
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*[[The Photoelectric Effect]]<br />
*[[Photons]]<br />
*[[The Energy Principle]]<br />
*[[Predicting Change]]<br />
*[[Rest Mass Energy]]<br />
*[[Kinetic Energy]]<br />
*[[Potential Energy]]<br />
**[[Potential Energy for a Magnetic Dipole]]<br />
**[[Potential Energy of a Multiparticle System]]<br />
*[[Work]]<br />
**[[Work Done By A Nonconstant Force]]<br />
*[[Work and Energy for an Extended System]]<br />
*[[Thermal Energy]]<br />
*[[Conservation of Energy]]<br />
*[[Electric Potential]]<br />
*[[Energy Transfer due to a Temperature Difference]]<br />
*[[Gravitational Potential Energy]]<br />
*[[Point Particle Systems]]<br />
*[[Real Systems]]<br />
*[[Spring Potential Energy]]<br />
**[[Ball and Spring Model]]<br />
*[[Internal Energy]]<br />
**[[Potential Energy of a Pair of Neutral Atoms]]<br />
*[[Translational, Rotational and Vibrational Energy]]<br />
*[[Franck-Hertz Experiment]]<br />
*[[Power (Mechanical)]]<br />
*[[Transformation of Energy]]<br />
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*[[Energy Graphs]]<br />
**[[Energy graphs and the Bohr model]]<br />
*[[Air Resistance]]<br />
*[[Electronic Energy Levels]]<br />
*[[Second Law of Thermodynamics and Entropy]]<br />
*[[Specific Heat Capacity]]<br />
*[[The Maxwell-Boltzmann Distribution]]<br />
*[[Electronic Energy Levels and Photons]]<br />
*[[Energy Density]]<br />
*[[Bohr Model]]<br />
*[[Quantized energy levels]]<br />
**[[Spontaneous Photon Emission]]<br />
*[[Path Independence of Electric Potential]]<br />
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<br />
===Collisions===<br />
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*[[Collisions]] <br />
Collisions are events that happen very frequently in our day-to-day world. In the realm of Physics, a collision is defined as any sort of process in which before and after a short time interval there is little interaction, but during that short time interval there are large interactions. When looking at collisions, it is first important to understand two very important principles: the Momentum Principle and the Energy Principle. Both principles serve use when talking of collisions because they provide a way in which to analyze these collisions. Collisions themselves can be categorized into 3 main different types: elastic collisions, inelastic collisions, maximally inelastic collisions. All 3 collisions will get touched on in more detail further on. <br />
*[[Elastic Collisions]]<br />
A collision is deemed "elastic" when the internal energy of the objects in the system does not change (in other words, change in internal energy equals 0). Because in an elastic collision no kinetic energy is converted over to internal energy, in any elastic collision Kfinal always equals Kinitial.<br />
*[[Inelastic Collisions]]<br />
A collision is said to be "inelastic" when it is not elastic; therefore, an inelastic collision is an interaction in which some change in internal energy occurs between the colliding objects (in other words, change in internal energy does not equal 0). Examples of such changes that occur between colliding objects include, but are not limited to, things like they get hot, or they vibrate/rotate, or they deform. Because some of the kinetic energy is converted to internal energy during an inelastic collision, Kfinal does not equal Kinitial.<br />
There are a few characteristics that one can search for when identifying inelasticity. These indications include things such as:<br />
*Objects stick together after the collision<br />
*An object is in an excited state after the collision<br />
*An object becomes deformed after the collision<br />
*The objects become hotter after the collision<br />
*There exists more vibration or rotation after the collision<br />
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*[[Maximally Inelastic Collision]] <br />
Maximally inelastic collisions, also known as "sticking collisions", are the most extreme kinds of inelastic collisions. Just as its secondary name implies, a maximally inelastic collision is one in which the colliding objects stick together creating maximum dissipation. This does not automatically mean that the colliding objects stop dead because the law of conservation of momentum. In a maximally inelastic collision, the remaining kinetic energy is present only because total momentum can't change and must be conserved.<br />
*[[Head-on Collision of Equal Masses]]<br />
*[[Head-on Collision of Unequal Masses]]<br />
*[[Frame of Reference]]<br />
*[[Scattering: Collisions in 2D and 3D]]<br />
*[[Rutherford Experiment and Atomic Collisions]]<br />
*[[Coefficient of Restitution]]<br />
*[[testing123]]<br />
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===Fields===<br />
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* [[Electric Field]] of a<br />
** [[Point Charge]]<br />
** [[Electric Dipole]]<br />
** [[Capacitor]]<br />
** [[Charged Rod]]<br />
** [[Charged Ring]]<br />
** [[Charged Disk]]<br />
** [[Charged Spherical Shell]]<br />
** [[Charged Cylinder]]<br />
** [[Charge Density]]<br />
**[[A Solid Sphere Charged Throughout Its Volume]]<br />
*[[Superposition Principle]]<br />
*[[Electric Potential]] <br />
**[[Potential Difference Path Independence]]<br />
**[[Potential Difference in a Uniform Field]]<br />
**[[Potential Difference of point charge in a non-Uniform Field]]<br />
**[[Potential Difference at One Location]]<br />
**[[Sign of Potential Difference]]<br />
**[[Potential Difference in an Insulator]]<br />
**[[Energy Density and Electric Field]]<br />
** [[Systems of Charged Objects]]<br />
*[[Electric Force]]<br />
*[[Polarization]]<br />
**[[Polarization of an Atom]]<br />
*[[Charge Motion in Metals]]<br />
*[[Charge Transfer]]<br />
*[[Magnetic Field]]<br />
**[[Right-Hand Rule]]<br />
**[[Direction of Magnetic Field]]<br />
**[[Magnetic Field of a Long Straight Wire]]<br />
**[[Magnetic Field of a Loop]]<br />
**[[Magnetic Field of a Solenoid]]<br />
**[[Bar Magnet]]<br />
**[[Magnetic Dipole Moment]]<br />
***[[Stern-Gerlach Experiment]]<br />
**[[Magnetic Torque]]<br />
**[[Magnetic Force]]<br />
**[[Earth's Magnetic Field]]<br />
**[[Atomic Structure of Magnets]]<br />
*[[Combining Electric and Magnetic Forces]]<br />
**[[Hall Effect]]<br />
**[[Lorentz Force]]<br />
**[[Biot-Savart Law]]<br />
**[[Biot-Savart Law for Currents]]<br />
**[[Integration Techniques for Magnetic Field]]<br />
**[[Sparks in Air]]<br />
**[[Motional Emf]]<br />
**[[Detecting a Magnetic Field]]<br />
**[[Moving Point Charge]]<br />
**[[Non-Coulomb Electric Field]]<br />
**[[Motors and Generators]]<br />
**[[Solenoid Applications]]<br />
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===Simple Circuits===<br />
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*[[Components]]<br />
*[[Equilibrium]]<br />
*[[Steady State]]<br />
*[[Non Steady State]]<br />
*[[Charging and Discharging a Capacitor]]<br />
*[[Thin and Thick Wires]]<br />
*[[Node Rule]]<br />
*[[Loop Rule]]<br />
*[[Resistivity]]<br />
*[[Power in a circuit]]<br />
*[[Ammeters,Voltmeters,Ohmmeters]]<br />
*[[Current]]<br />
**[[AC]]<br />
*[[Ohm's Law]]<br />
*[[Series Circuits]]<br />
*[[Parallel Circuits]]<br />
*[[RC]]<br />
*[[AC vs DC]]<br />
*[[Charge in a RC Circuit]]<br />
*[[Current in a RC circuit]]<br />
*[[Circular Loop of Wire]]<br />
*[[Current in a RL Circuit]]<br />
*[[RL Circuit]]<br />
*[[Feedback]]<br />
*[[Transformers (Circuits)]]<br />
*[[Resistors and Conductivity]]<br />
*[[Semiconductor Devices]]<br />
*[[Inductors]]<br />
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===Maxwell's Equations===<br />
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*[[Gauss's Flux Theorem]]<br />
**[[Electric Fields]]<br />
***[[Examples of Flux Through Surfaces and Objects]]<br />
**[[Magnetic Fields]]<br />
**[[Proof of Gauss's Law]]<br />
*[[Ampere's Law]]<br />
**[[Magnetic Field of Coaxial Cable Using Ampere's Law]]<br />
**[[Magnetic Field of a Long Thick Wire Using Ampere's Law]]<br />
**[[Magnetic Field of a Toroid Using Ampere's Law]]<br />
*[[Faraday's Law]]<br />
**[[Curly Electric Fields]]<br />
**[[Inductance]]<br />
***[[Transformers (Physics)]]<br />
***[[Energy Density]]<br />
**[[Lenz's Law]]<br />
***[[Lenz Effect and the Jumping Ring]]<br />
**[[Lenz's Rule]]<br />
**[[Motional Emf using Faraday's Law]]<br />
*[[Ampere-Maxwell Law]]<br />
*[[Superconductors]]<br />
**[[Meissner effect]]<br />
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===Radiation===<br />
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*[[Producing a Radiative Electric Field]]<br />
*[[Sinusoidal Electromagnetic Radiaton]]<br />
*[[Lenses]]<br />
*[[Energy and Momentum Analysis in Radiation]]<br />
**[[Poynting Vector]]<br />
*[[Electromagnetic Propagation]]<br />
**[[Wavelength and Frequency]]<br />
*[[Snell's Law]]<br />
*[[Effects of Radiation on Matter]]<br />
*[[Light Propagation Through a Medium]]<br />
*[[Light Scaterring: Why is the Sky Blue]]<br />
*[[Light Refraction: Bending of light]]<br />
*[[Cherenkov Radiation]]<br />
*[[Rayleigh Effect]]<br />
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===Sound===<br />
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*[[Doppler Effect]]<br />
*[[Nature, Behavior, and Properties of Sound]]<br />
*[[Speed of Sound]]<br />
*[[Resonance]]<br />
*[[Sound Barrier]]<br />
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===Waves===<br />
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*[[Bragg's Law]]<br />
*[[Multisource Interference: Diffraction]]<br />
*[[Standing waves]]<br />
*[[Gravitational waves]]<br />
*[[Plasma waves]]<br />
*[[Wave-Particle Duality]]<br />
*[[Electromagnetic Spectrum]]<br />
*[[Color Light Wave]]<br />
*[[Mechanical Waves]]<br />
*[[Pendulum Motion]]<br />
*[[Transverse and Longitudinal Waves]]<br />
*[[Planck's Relation]]<br />
*[[Polarization of Waves]]<br />
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===Real Life Applications of Electromagnetic Principles===<br />
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*[[Electromagnetic Junkyard Cranes]]<br />
*[[Maglev Trains]]<br />
*[[Spark Plugs]]<br />
*[[Metal Detectors]]<br />
*[[Speakers]]<br />
*[[Radios]]<br />
*[[Ampullae of Lorenzini]]<br />
*[[Electrocytes]]<br />
*[[Generator]]<br />
*[[Measuring Water Level]]<br />
*[[Cyclotron]]<br />
*[[Railgun]]<br />
*[[Magnetic Resonance Imaging]]<br />
*[[Electric Eels]]<br />
*[[Lightning]]<br />
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===Optics===<br />
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*[[Mirrors]]<br />
*[[Refraction]]<br />
*[[Quantum Properties of Light]]<br />
*[[Lasers]]<br />
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== Resources ==<br />
* Commonly used wiki commands [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Cheatsheet Wiki Cheatsheet]<br />
* A guide to representing equations in math mode [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Displaying_a_formula Wiki Math Mode]<br />
* A page to keep track of all the physics [[Constants]]<br />
* A page for review of [[Vectors]] and vector operations</div>Itsphysics