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In the year 1956, the Nobel Peace Prize in Physics was awarded to William B. Shockley, John Bardeen, and Walter H. Brattain. The three men mentioned above were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Physics because of their research on semiconductors and the discovery of the transistor effect.

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