John Bardeen
John Bardeen was an American condensed matter 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 Robert Schrieffer for their microscopic theory of superconductivity, known as the BCS theory.
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- Born in
- Madison
- Educated at
- University of Wisconsin–MadisonUniversity of Wisconsin High SchoolMadison Central High SchoolPrinceton University
- Awards
- 🏆 National Inventors Hall of Fame🏆 Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize🏆 Franklin Medal🏆 John Scott Award🏆 Stuart Ballantine Medal
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Eugene Wigner
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 John Robert Schrieffer
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Timeline
1908
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