William Shockley
Physicist American 1817–1868
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The objective of producing useful devices has strongly influenced the choice of the research projects with which I have been associated.
A basic truth that the history of the creation of the transistor reveals is that the foundations of transistor electronics were created by making errors and following hunches that failed to give what was expected.
Frequently, I have been asked if an experiment I have planned is pure or applied research; to me, it is more important to know if the experiment will yield new and probably enduring knowledge about nature.
William Shockley