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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.
Bardeen was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1954. Honours include the Stuart Ballentine Medal of the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia (1952) and the John Scott Medal of the City of Philadelphia (1955), both awarded jointly with Dr. W.H. Brattain, the Buckley Prize of the American Physical Society (1955) and D.Sc. (Hon.) from ...
May 19, 2024 · John Bardeen 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. With Leon N. Cooper and John R. Schrieffer, he was awarded the 1972.
Dr. Bardeen’s main fields of research since 1945 have been electrical conduction in semiconductors and metals, surface properties of semiconductors, theory of superconductivity, and diffusion of atoms in solids.
Jan 30, 1991 · John Bardeen. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1956. Born: 23 May 1908, Madison, WI, USA. Died: 30 January 1991, Boston, MA, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA. Prize motivation: “for their researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect” Prize share: 1/3.
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 ...
John Bardeen was arguably the most influential scientist/inventor of the latter part of the 20th century. Through his scientific discoveries, his instinct for inven-tion, and his impact on colleagues, he made possible the electronics revolution and the information explosion that have dramatically changed our daily lives. It was
