Riordan Hoddeson , 1998 . The group headed by Shockley prepared to work to discover the processes and materials that shall be needed . Not a lot of the scientists were equipped with past experiences in handling semiconductors . As a result , the work became an intense learning process for the majority . Time and again , the invention of the transistor was attributed to Shockley . Indeed , he was the supervisor of the team at the Bell Telephone Laboratories who discovered the device . Although he was...