Quicktour- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 (See Background section below for descriptions) Shockley, Brattain and Bardeeen- Clashing Egos to the End.
People
(In alphabetical order)
Organizations
Background
(In chronological order)
Theodore Vail's Boast Transcontinental Phone Service Quantum Mechanics Meets Semiconductors Radar During World War II- Quicktour stop # 1 The Solid State Group Is Formed - Quicktour stop # 2 ENIAC: Pioneer Digital Computer Miracle Month At Bell Labs - Quicktour stop # 3 The Junction Transistor (Invention) - Quicktour stop # 4 Naming the Transistor Patent Battles At Bell Labs Telling The Military - Quicktour stop # 5 The Patent Announcement Making Transistors Junction Transistor Developed - Quicktour stop # 6 Sharing The Technology- The Settlement Sharing The Technology- Symposia - Quicktour stop # 7 Germanium Transistors For Sale Point Contact Transistor's Moment of Glory The Hearing Aid The First Transistor Radio - Quicktour stop # 8 The First Solid State Computer Shockley Moves To California - Quicktour stop # 9 The First Year at Shockley Semiconductor The Nobel Prize Fairchild Founded by Traitorous Eight - Quicktour stop # 10 The Invention of the Integrated Circuit - Quicktour stop # 11 The Calculator The Microprocessor (Invention) Moore's Law Intel Corp. Founded The Evolution of the Transistor The Birth of the Internet The World Wide Web The Pentium The Future of the Transistor - Quicktour stop # 12
Timeline1 1898-1915 Timeline2 thru 1932 Timeline3 thru 1948 Timeline4 thru 1959 Timeline5 thru 1965 Timeline6 thru 1981 Timeline7 thru 2000+ Text-Only Version Of Timeline 1898-2000
Science
Lab Book Pages
Brattain 12/4/47 /a Brattain 12/4/47 /b Brattain 12/16/47 /a Brattain 12/16/47 /b Brattain 12/24/47 /a Brattain 12/24/47 /b Shockley 1/1/48 /a Shockley 1/1/48 /b Shockley 1/23/48 /a Shockley 1/23/48 /b Shockley 1/23/48 /c Shockley 1/23/48 /d
Links to audio/video clips TV credits Outtakes Script pages: Act I, Act II, Act III, Act IV
Clips from the documentary: How does the vacuum tube work? (1 video clip) How does the field effect transistor work? (1 video clip) The invention of the junction transistor. (1 video clip) The invention of the point-contract transistor. (1 video clip) The Tratorious Eight leave Shockley. (1 video clip) Extra interviews not seen in the show: Gene Anderson (3 audio clips) Robert Brattain (1 audio clip, 1 video clip) Gordon Moore (2 audio clips, 1 video clip) Harry Sello (1 audio clip, 1 video clip) Betty Sparks (2 audio clips, 1 video clip) Morgan Sparks (1 audio clip, 1 video clip) Joel Shurkin (3 audio clips) Walter Brown (1 audio clip, 1 video clip) Kevin Aylesworth (1 audio clip)
Out-takes: "Tropical birds" (1 video clip) "One more time" (1 video clip) "Fire" (1 video clip)
Clips from the past: NEWS FLASH! (1 video clip) Walter Brattain (2 audio clips) Walter Brattain (1 audio clip) Bill Shockley (1 audio clip)
