Artifact Details

Title

How Europe missed the transistor

Catalog Number

102762451

Type

Document

Description

The most important invention of the 20th century was conceived not just once, but twice. Article by Michael Riordan on the invention of the Transistron (the European transistor) by German scientists in 1948. 6 scanned pages.

Date

2005-11

Author

Riordan, Michael

Publisher

IEEE Spectrum

Identifying Numbers

Other number doc-4b1beb566e8e8 Deprecated ITCHP Number

Extent

4 p.

Category

Article

Collection Title

Information Technology Corporate Histories Collection

Lot Number

X7847.2017