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History of the Transistor (Wikipedia)

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Wikipedia's topic entry on the history of the transistor, including the December 1947 Bell Labs point contact transistor and germanium's early dominance of solid state electronics.

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Publisher
Wikipedia
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_transistor
Source Type
reference
Reliability Tier
3
Wikipedia's article carries no named author or fixed editorial board behind any version of the page, hence the lower tier, though it is useful here for Walter Brattain's own December 1947 laboratory notebook entry and the dated account of germanium's dominance into the late 1950s.
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Claims Backed By This Source (6 claims)

This source backs 6 claims across the atlas. As facts: 4 well-attested. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.
  • Articles, 2 claims: 2 general references.

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