William Bradford Shockley was an American physicist born on February 13, 1910. Along with his colleagues John Bardeen and Walter Brattain, he invented the transistor on July 5, 1956, for which they were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics that same year. In the 1960s, Shockley also founded the transistor technology center known as Silicon Valley.
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Meaning of the name - William
resolute protector, strong-willed warrior
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Place of Birth: London
Place of Death: Stanford
Cause of Death: prostate cancer
Educated At: California Institute of Technology | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Occupation: university teacher | inventor | physicist
Spouses: Emmy Lanning | Jean Bailey
Employers: Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory | Bell Labs | Stanford University
Awards Received: Fellow of the American Physical Society | Holley Medal | Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize | National Inventors Hall of Fame | Comstock Prize in Physics | Wilhelm Exner Medal | IEEE Medal of Honor | IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award | Time Person of the Year | Nobel Prize in Physics
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Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on February 13, 2025 | Secondary Progressions for February 13, 2025 |
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| Sun | 23 Aquarius 56 | 25 Aquarius 2 | 16 Gemini 48 |
| Moon | 10 Aries 24 | 5 Virgo 33 | 29 Gemini 52 |
| Mercury | 28 Capricorn 35 | 28 Aquarius 10 | 29 Taurus 10 |
| Venus | 22 Aquarius 19 | 5 Aries 57 | 5 Taurus 31 |
| Mars | 12 Taurus 32 | 17 Cancer 44 | 23 Cancer 22 |
| Jupiter | 13 Libra 57 | 11 Gemini 24 | 4 Libra 27 |
| Saturn | 19 Aries 34 | 18 Pisces 46 | 2 Taurus 59 |
| Uranus | 22 Capricorn 59 | 23 Taurus 21 | 24 Capricorn 36 |
| Neptune | 17 Cancer 1 | 28 Pisces 21 | 17 Cancer 51 |
| Pluto | 24 Gemini 57 | 2 Aquarius 26 | 26 Gemini 9 |
| Rahu | 3 Gemini 27 | 29 Pisces 11 | 27 Taurus 22 |
| Ketu | 3 Sagittarius 27 | 29 Virgo 11 | 27 Scorpio 22 |
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