The Transistor: Selected Reference Material on Characteristics and Applications
New York: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., 1951. First Edition, First Printing. Paperback. Thick quarto. 8.5 x 11 in. 792 pp. Occasionally illustrated with black & white reproductions of photographs, schematics, diagrams, etc., including a fold-out. Very good in original grey vinyl wrappers that have isolated stains on the front and back covers, some rubbing to hinges, and age-toned pages that otherwise remain clean and free of foxing or other markings. Very good. Item #8506
This text, prepared by Bell Telephone Laboratories for Western Electric Co., contains a series of essays on the theory, properties, design principles, application, and characteristics of transistors under development in the 1950s. Included among the various authors is William Shockley, inventor of the junction transistor, who won the 1956 Nobel Prize for Physics alongside Bell Labratory scientists John Bardeen and Walter Brattain.
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