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		iiv on April 5, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tim Berners-Lee wins Turing Award But what about the inventor of the transistor? I already don't know that name. (But on the other hand, I don't know many names)

Cyph0n on April 5, 2017 [–]

I meant the inventors of course. They shared a Nobel prize: Shockley, Bardeen, and Brattain.

Anyways, it was just an example.

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