&124/ And the Winners were: John Bardeen, Walter H. Brattain and William Shockley

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Today the transistor celebrates its 60th birthday.

Congratulations, my friend. Wherever you look, everyone stands on your shoulders - despite the fact that you shrank terrifyingly fast since you were born! Together with your friend, the integrated circuit, you changed every single device we used back in the 50s and enabled every other device we use today.

John Bardeen, Walter H. Brattain and William Shockley gave birth in 1947 working at the Bell Labs and were rewarded with a Nobel Prize in Physics 19 years later.