Complex sentence: He made notable contributions in electronic engineering and solid-state physics during the early days of transistor development at Bell Telephone Laboratories, invented the phototransistor in 1948, and the educational apparatus called the Shive wave machine in 1959.
Split into simpler sentences: He made notable contributions in electronic engineering and solid-state physics during the early days of transistor development at Bell Telephone Laboratories. Shive is best known for inventing the phototransistor in 1948, and the educational apparatus called the Shive wave machine in 1959.