Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by William Shockley

Quote by William Shockley

“The major cause for American Negroes intellectual and social deficits is hereditary and racially genetic in origin and thus not remedial to a major degree by improvement in environment.”

Quote by William Shockley

Author

William Shockley
William Shockley

William Shockley, born on February 13, 1910, and died on August 12, 1989, was an American physicist, inventor, and entrepreneur, renowned for his contributions to the field of semiconductor physics. During his tenure at Bell Labs, he, along with John Bardeen and Walter Brattain, invented the transistor, a revolutionary change in the electronics industry. Shockley made significant contributions to semiconductor physics and solid-state physics, including research on semiconductor materials and improvements to electronic devices. more

You May Also Like

“Covetousness teaches people to be cruel and crafty, industrious and evil, full of care and malice; and after all this, it is for no good to itself, for it dares not spend those heaps of treasure which it has snatched.”

“Freedom is not simply the circumstances that allow you to do whatever you want. Freedom is not only the opportunity to choose. Freedom is the strength of character to choose and to do what is right. With that in mind, our age is not an age of freedom, but an age of slavery. It is subtle, but it is real. The foundation of freedom is not power or choice. Freedom is upheld not by men and women in government, but by people who govern themselves.”