American physicist who, while working for Bell Labs, co-invented the point-contact transistor in 1947. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics along with his collaborators, William Shockley and John Bardeen.
Walter Houser Brattain was born on 10 February, 1902
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Amazon Instant Video launched
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iPod Nano released
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Thylacine becomes extinct
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First fully electronic television system developed
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First successful heart surgery conducted
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