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   ocr: JOHN BARDEEN 1908-1991 E WALIER BRATIAIN F 1902-1987 WILLIAM SHOCKLEY 00c0 H 1910-1989 00 K HE TRANSISTOR-TYPE L M amplifier was developed - by Just before Christmas 1947,the William Shockley, John Bardeen, team made the first transistor. It N. and Walter Brattain, three scientists amplified an electrical signal in the who worked for Bell Telephone same way: as. a valve, but consumed Laboratories, a huge American little energy and was a fraction of R research and manufacturing the size. In 1956, Shockley, company. The team had been Bardeen, and Brattain won the searching for a replacement for ...