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To most people in the 1950s the word 'transistor' meant a portable radio rather than the clever electronic device that was inside it. Philip Ashby presents a radio history of both - from the 1948 i...nvention of the device in Bell Labs in the US, to the development and marketing of one of Britain's first transistor radios, the Perdio. In two specially recorded interviews with John Pierce of Bell Labs and Rod Berman, who worked with Perdio, the atmosphere of those times is evoked. The programme also features a short talk by the late William Schockley, Nobel prize-winner, and one of the Bell Labs original team, from the BBC archive.
To most people in the 1950s the word 'transistor' meant a portable radio rather than the clever electronic device that was inside it. Philip Ashby presents a radio history of both - from the 1948 i...nvention of the device in Bell Labs in the US, to the development and marketing of one of Britain's first transistor radios, the Perdio. In two specially recorded interviews with John Pierce of Bell Labs and Rod Berman, who worked with Perdio, the atmosphere of those times is evoked. The programme also features a short talk by the late William Schockley, Nobel prize-winner, and one of the Bell Labs original team, from the BBC archive.
| Series: | Technology Faculty Radio; Series T006 |
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| Episode | 3 |
| First transmission date: | 1996-09-01 |
| Original broadcast channel: | Radio 4 LW |
| Published: | 1996 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OUDA web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:29:30 |
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| Producers: | William Schockley; Philip Ashby |
| Contributors: | Rod Berman; John Pierce |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Bell Labs; Perdio; William Schockley |
| Master spool number: | 95YT0367 |
| Production number: | 95YT0367 |
| Available to public: | no |
