Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/25

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: [OT] William Shockley and Linus Pauling
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 14:33:57 -0400
References: <NABBLIJOIFAICKBIEPJJCEJMLDAA.darkroom@ix.netcom.com>
 
Sad that by the time they died both Shockley and Pauling were pretty
generally viewed as loony - Shockley for his views on race, and Pauling
for his 'Vitamin C Cures Everything' fixation.



Austin Franklin wrote:
> 
> > I knew Bill Shockley who, as far as I am concerned, invented the
> > transistor.
> 
> Come on, Jim.  It's well known that aliens invented the transistor.  We just
> copied it.
In reply to: Message from "Austin Franklin" <darkroom@ix.netcom.com> (RE: [Leica] Re: [OT] William Shockley and Linus Pauling)