American physicist (1910–1989) and, more controversially, eugenicist, who won the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for his development of the transistor. Glossy 5 x 7 photo, signed in the lower border in black ballpoint, “W. Shockley,” adding a sketch of transistor to lower left corner. A few scattered light creases and surface marks, and some light skipping to sketch, otherwise fine condition. RRAuction COA.
