Semiconductor

🇬🇧Nevill Francis Mott

Science

1905–1996

"Any scientist, myself or another, can become so enamoured of his brain child that he resents criticism."

🇺🇸Nick Holonyak

Music

1928–2022

"It is electromagnetism in all its many forms that has been so basic, that haunts us and guides us."

🇺🇸Herbert Kroemer

Music

1928–2024

"Ultimately, progress in applications is not deterministic, but opportunistic, exploiting for new applications whatever new science and technology happen to be coming along."

🇺🇸Andrew Grove

Business

1936–2016

"In various bits and pieces, we have steered Intel from a start-up to one of the central companies of the information economy."