W=Shockley, the transistor pioneer-portrait of an inventive genius

A author looks at W=Shockley's (as was his trademark signature) patents to capture a glimpse of his creative mind. A list of 90 of Shockley's patents has been assembled, including those for the electron multiplier tube (with J. R. Pierce) in 1941, the Shockley diode, and the junction transistor, filed in June 1948 and granted in September 1951 by the US Patent Office.