Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956
= Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956
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Awarded jointly to <William Bradford Shockley>, <John Bardeen> and <Walter Houser Brattain> for research on <semiconductors> and discovery of the <transistor> effect.<The Nobel Prize in Physics 1956 by Nobel Prize Outreach>[All three laureates, equal shares and semiconductor/transistor motivation]{ref}