Russian roulette
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Russian roulette is a potentially lethal game of chance in which a player places a single round in a revolver, spins the cylinder, places the muzzle against the head or body, and pulls the trigger. If
The Russian revolver Nagant M1895 is one of the symbols of Russian roulette.
William Shockley
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William Bradford Shockley was an American physicist. He was the manager of a research group at Bell Labs that included John Bardeen and Walter Brattain. The three scientists were jointly awarded the 1
Russian roulette
…fails to fire, but when Vulič cocks the pistol again and aims it at a service cap hanging over the window, a shot rings out and smoke fills the room. William Shockley, co-inventor of the transistor and winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics, claimed he attempted suicide by playing a solo game of Russian roulette. In…
Shockley in 1956
John Bardeen, Shockley (center), and Walter Brattain at Bell Labs, 1948