The Nobel Prize in Physics 1956
Awarded on: 1956-11-01
"for their researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect"
Affiliations:
- University of Illinois – Urbana, IL, USA
John Bardeen
Born: 1908-05-23 in Madison, WI, USA
Gender: male
Field: American physicist (1908–1991)
Biography
John Bardeen 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 Houser Brattain for their invention of the transistor; and again in 1972 with Leon Cooper and John Robert Schrieffer for their fundamental theory of superconductivity, known as the BCS theory.
Nobel Prize Details
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1972
Awarded on: 1972-10-20
"for their jointly developed theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS-theory"
Affiliations:
- University of Illinois – Urbana, IL, USA