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John Bardeen

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American physicist and engineer (1908–1991)

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John Bardeen was born on May 23, 1908, and died on January 30, 1991. He received the Nobel Prize twice. His Erdős number is 5.

His work is recognized in several collections, including the Royal Society collection, the Nobel Laureates collection, and the Nobel Physics collection. He is also included in the National Inventors Hall Of Fame collection, the American Academy Arts Sciences collection, and the National Medal Of Science collection.

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Nobel Prizes (2)

  • The Nobel Prize in Physics1956

    “for their researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect”

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  • The Nobel Prize in Physics1972

    “for their jointly developed theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS-theory”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
John
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Madison
Place of death
Boston
Child
William A. Bardeen
Father
Charles Russell Bardeen
Occupation
electrical engineer
Position held
professor
Employer
University of Minnesota
Languages spoken
English language
Award
John Scott Award
Doctoral advisor
Eugene Wigner
Student of
Eugene Wigner
Field of work
physics
Official website
physics.illinois.edu/people/memorials/bardeen.asp
Image
Bardeen.jpg
Residence
Madison
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member of
American Philosophical Society
Commons category
John Bardeen
date of birth
1908-05-23
date of death
1991-01-30
Erdős number
5
nominated for
Nobel Prize in Physics
name in native language
John Bardeen
cause of death
myocardial infarction
manner of death
natural causes
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Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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WikiProject Mathematics
interested in
physics
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Encyclopedic overview

John Bardeen (May 23, 1908 – January 30, 1991) was an American physicist. He is the only person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics twice: first in 1956 with William Shockley and Walter Brattain for their invention of the transistor; and again in 1972 with Leon Cooper and John Robert Schrieffer for their microscopic theory of superconductivity, known as the BCS theory.

Born and raised in Wisconsin, Bardeen earned both his bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Wisconsin, before receiving a Ph.D. in physics from Princeton University. After serving in World War II, he was a researcher at Bell Labs and a professor at the University of Illinois.

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