Walter H. Brattain's Birth Card: The 2 of Spades

In the record

Walter Houser Brattain ( BRAT-n; February 10, 1902 – October 13, 1987) was an American physicist who shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics with John Bardeen and William Shockley for their invention of the point-contact transistor. The birth-card coordinate for February 10 is the 2 of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1956 Physics prize.

Nobel Prize record

• 1956 The Nobel Prize in Physics — for their researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect

The 2 of Spades coordinate

Walter H. Brattain's birthday maps to the 2 of Spades (The Skeptical Partner). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Nobel Prize and not a verdict on Walter H. Brattain. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You hold two pressures at once and still make a call that can live in the world.

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Walter H. Brattain in the public record

Brattain devoted much of his life to research on surface states. Walter Houser Brattain was born on February 10, 1902, in Amoy (now Xiamen), Fujian, to American parents, Ross R. Brattain and Ottilie Houser. His father was of Scottish descent, while his mother's parents were both immigrants from Stuttgart, Germany. Ross was a teacher at the Ting-Wen Institute, a private school for Chinese boys. Ottilie was a gifted mathematician. Both were graduates of Whitman College. Ottilie and baby Walter returned to the United States in 1903, and Ross followed shortly afterward.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Walter Brattain (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the King of Clubs

A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about Walter H. Brattain, and not a forecast of a Nobel Prize.

Clear thinking and decisive action

Walter Houser Brattain ( BRAT-n; February 10, 1902 – October 13, 1987) was an American physicist who shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics with John Bardeen and William Shockley for their invention of the point-contact transistor.

Paired on the mind and communication — the domain ♣ governs in this system. Markers in the record: physics.

Also on the record

1. The family lived for several years in Spokane, Washington, then settled on a cattle ranch near Tonasket, Washington, in 1911.
2. Brattain attended high school in Washington, spending one year at Queen Anne High School, two years at Tonasket High School, and one year at Moran School for Boys.
3. He then attended Whitman College, where he studied under Benjamin H.
4. Brown (physics) and Walter A.

Other laureates with this card

• Boris Pasternak — 1958 Literature
• Edmond H. Fischer — 1992 Physiology or Medicine
• Edward C. Kendall — 1950 Physiology or Medicine
• Feodor Lynen — 1964 Physiology or Medicine
• Georges Pire — 1958 Peace
• Horst L. Störmer — 1998 Physics
• James Watson — 1962 Physiology or Medicine
• John F. Enders — 1954 Physiology or Medicine
• Karl Gjellerup — 1917 Literature
• Lloyd S. Shapley — 2012 Economic Sciences
• Michel Mayor — 2019 Physics
• Otto Hahn — 1944 Chemistry
• 1 more laureates share this card.

FAQ

What is Walter H. Brattain's birth card?

The 2 of Spades. February 10 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict a Nobel Prize?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast prizes, character, or fate.

Where do Walter H. Brattain's dates come from?

Birth date 1902-02-10 is the Nobel Prize API v2.1 day-precision date, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only Nobel dates and Nobel↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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