Birth Name:

William Bradford Shockley

Male

Birth Date:

Sun, Feb 13, 1910

Time of Birth:

09:45 AM

Place of Birth:

London, England, United Kingdom

Age:

114

Zodiac Sign:

Aquarius

Astrology Data:

Sun

23°

Aqu

50'

Moon

9°

Ari

10'

Asc

10°

Tau

58'

MC

17°

Cap

13'

About William Shockley

William Bradford Shockley Jr. (February 13, 1910 – August 12, 1989) was an American physicist and inventor. He was the manager of a research group at Bell Labs that included John Bardeen and Walter Brattain. The three scientists were jointly awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for "their researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect".

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• National Academy of Sciences biography

• William Shockley on Nobelprize.org including his Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1956 Transistor Technology Evokes New Physics

• PBS biography

• Gordon Moore. Biography of William Shockley Time Magazine

• Interview with Shockley biographer Joel Shurkin

• History of the transistor

• William Shockley (IEEE Global History Network)

• Shockley and Bardeen-Brattain patent disputes

• William Shockley vs. Francis Cress-Welsing (Tony Brown Show, 1974)

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for William Shockley: Sun 23 Aquarius, Moon 9 Aries, Mercury 28 Capricorn, Venus 22 Aquarius, Mars 12 Taurus, Jupiter 14 Libra, Saturn 19 Aries, Uranus 22 Capricorn, Neptune 17 Cancer, Pluto 24 Gemini, Asc 10 Taurus, Mc 17 Capricorn, Mercury Conjunct Uranus, Sun Conjunct Venus, Sun Trine Pluto, Sun Semi Square Moon, Sun Semi Sextile Uranus, Moon Semi Square Venus, Moon Semi Sextile Ascendant, Venus Sextile Saturn, Venus Semi Sextile Uranus, Venus Trine Pluto, Mars Quincunx Jupiter, Mars Semi Square Pluto, Mars Conjunct Ascendant, Mars Trine Midheaven, Jupiter Opposition Saturn, Jupiter Square Neptune, Jupiter Square Midheaven, Saturn Square Uranus, Saturn Square Neptune, Saturn Square Midheaven, Uranus Quincunx Pluto, Uranus Conjunct Midheaven, Neptune Opposition Midheaven, Pluto Semi Square Ascendant

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