In 1973 Leo Esaki was awarded the Nobel Prize of Physics for his invention of the tunnel diode while working at Sony. Although interesting scientifically, the device had little practical use. Unfortunately, Esaki’s research director at Sony, Makoto Kikuchi, was nobbled by the Japanese press after the Nobel announcement, and a reporter asked Kikuchi what ...
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from Electronics Weekly http://www.electronicsweekly.com/blogs/mannerisms/yarns/remark-infuriated-nobel-laureates-mum-2017-01/
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