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John Bardeen (/ b ɑːr ˈ d iː n /; May 23, 1908 – January 30, 1991) was an American physicist and electrical engineer.
John Bardeen (born May 23, 1908, Madison, Wis., U.S.—died Jan. 30, 1991, Boston, Mass.) was an American physicist who was co-winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in both 1956 and 1972. He shared the 1956 prize with William B. Shockley and Walter H. Brattain for their joint invention of the transistor.
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John Bardeen was a Nobel Prize-winning physicist who worked on solid state physics, superconductivity, and semiconductors. He was born in 1908 in Wisconsin and received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1936. He was a professor at the University of Illinois and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He died in 1991.
Nov 29, 2018 · John Bardeen was an American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics twice, for his contributions to the invention of the transistor and the theory of superconductivity. He also received many other honors and awards for his research on solid state physics and electronics. Learn about his life, education, career, and legacy.
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Feb 1, 2003 · Although many outstanding scientists are known for their outgoing dynamic personalities, John Bardeen, one of the most creative scientists of the 20th century, was a modest and quiet man. Yet he received two Nobel prizes in physics—one for the transistor (which revolutionized computers and communications) and one for the theory of ...
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Jun 11, 2018 · John Bardeen. Bardeen, John. views updated Jun 11 2018. BARDEEN, JOHN. ( b. Madison, Wisconsin, 23 May 1908; d. Boston, Massachusetts, 30 January 1991) condensed-matter physics, superconductors, superconductivity, many-body theory, transistor. Bardeen worked on developing the quantum mechanical theory of solids throughout his entire physics career.
Jan 31, 1991 · John Bardeen, a co-inventor of the transistor that led to modern electronics and twice a winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, died yesterday at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. He was...
