WILLIAM SHOCKLEY - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED - HFSID 174514
The Nobel Prize winner sends a note on a 4½x2¾ card to a fan
Autograph note signed: "Mr Dern:/In answer to your/request/W=
Shockley", 4½x2¾. William B.
Special Sale Price $180.00
Reg. $240.00
Condition: Lightly soiled, otherwise fine condition
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WILLIAM SHOCKLEY
The Nobel Prize winner sends a note on a 4½x2¾ card to a fan
Autograph note signed: "Mr Dern:/In answer to your/request/W=
Shockley", 4½x2¾. William B. Shockley (1910-1989), John Bardeen and Walter
Brattain were awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize for Physics "for their
researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect" while
at Bell Laboratories. Shockley, a London-born American physicist, gained
notoriety for claiming that Blacks were "genetically inferior", and for
proposing a sperm bank in which sperm from Nobel Laureates would be preserved
to inseminate intelligent women to create exceptionally bright children.
Lightly soiled. Otherwise, fine condition.
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