(en)„William B. Shockley, 79, Creator of Transistor and Theory on Race”. New York Times. 14 August 1989. Pristupljeno 2007-07-21. »William Bradford Shockley, who shared a Nobel Prize in physics for his role in the creation of the transistor and earned the enmity of many for his views on the genetic differences between the races, died of cancer of the prostate at his home in California on Saturday. He was 79 years old and lived on the campus of Stanford University.«