The Most Important Invention of the 20th Century: Transistors

271219 Like and subscribe. This is an archive, check the link in the end if you are owner. On December 23, 1947, three researchers at Bell labs demonstrated a new device to colleagues. The device, a solid-state replacement for the audion tube, represented the pinnacle of the quest to provide amplification of electronic communication. The History Guy recalls the path that brought us what one engineer describes as "The world's most important thing."

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