Birth Name:

Walter Houser Brattain

Male

Birth Date:

Mon, Feb 10, 1902

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Amoy, Fujian, China

Age:

122

Zodiac Sign:

Aquarius

Astrology Data:

Sun

20°

Aqu

30'

About Walter Houser Brattain

Walter Houser Brattain (/ˈbrætən/; February 10, 1902 – October 13, 1987) was an American physicist at Bell Labs who, along with fellow scientists John Bardeen and William Shockley, invented the point-contact transistor in December 1947. They shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for their invention. Brattain devoted much of his life to research on surface states.

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External Links:

• Walter Brattain family papers at the Whitman College and Northwest Archives, Whitman College.

• "Oral History interview transcript with Walter Brattain January 1964 & 28 May 1974". Niels Bohr Library and Archives. American Institute of Physics. March 4, 2015.

• Bardeen, John (1994). Walter Houser Brattain 1902–1987 (PDF). Washington, D.C.: National Academy of Sciences.

• Walter Houser Brattain on Nobelprize.org including the Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1956 Surface Properties of Semiconductors

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Walter Houser Brattain: Sun 20 Aquarius, Moon 10 Pisces, Mercury 5 Pisces, Venus 28 Aquarius, Mars 0 Pisces, Jupiter 0 Aquarius, Saturn 22 Capricorn, Uranus 20 Sagittarius, Neptune 28 Gemini, Pluto 16 Gemini, Sun Sextile Uranus, Venus Conjunct Mars, Sun Trine Pluto, Sun Semi Sextile Saturn, Mercury Conjunct Mars, Mercury Semi Square Saturn, Venus Trine Neptune, Mars Semi Sextile Jupiter, Mars Trine Neptune, Jupiter Quincunx Neptune, Jupiter Sesquiquadrate Pluto, Saturn Semi Sextile Uranus, Uranus Opposition Pluto

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