The Russian who invented semiconductors 25 years before the USA
Oleg LosevLEDnegative resistancesemiconductorSoviet Unionhistory of science
Author: johncole
Date: 6/7/2026
Article Summary:
The story of Oleg Losev, a Soviet technician who invented the LED and discovered negative resistance in zincite crystals, but died of starvation in 1942.