February 2003
No P-N Intended
A cracked crystal launched the silicon revolution.
By Lisa Scanlon
When Russell Ohl began working at Bell Laboratories in 1927, vacuum tubes were seen as the future of electronics. It was his chance discovery, however, that led to the creation of both the transistor and the solar cell and helped spark the "silicon revolution."
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