What is John Bardeen?
{{nobelprize|Physics}} [[File:Bardeen.jpg|thumb|220px|John Bardeen]] '''John Bardeen''' (23 May 1908 – 30 January 1991) was an American [[physicist]] and [[electrical engineer]]. He is the only person to win two [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prizes in Physics]]. ==Early life== Bardeen was born in [[Madison, Wisconsin]]. His father, Charles Bardeen was a Professor at the [[Medical school|Medical School]] of the University of Wisconsin. He completed his bachelor's degree and master's degree in Electrical Engineering at the [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]]. He completed his [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] in Physics at [[Princeton University]] in 1936. ==Works== Bardeen worked with [[William Shockley]] and [[Walter Brattain]] to invent the [[transistor]] on 23 December 1947. They shared the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] for 1956. Later, Bardeen worked with [[Leon Cooper]] and [[John Robert Schrieffer]]. They created the BCS theory of [[superconductivity]], named after them. For this work they shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for 1972. Bardeen was a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Physics at the [[University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]] from 1951 to 1991. == References == * Hoddeson, Lillian and Vicki Daitch. 2002. ''True Genius: the life and science of John Bardeen''. National Academy Press. {{ISBN|0-309-08408-3}} == Other websites == * [https://www.pbs.org/transistor/album1/bardeen/ Biography from PBS] {{Nobel Prize in Physics}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bardeen, John}} [[Category:1908 births]] [[Category:1991 deaths]] [[Category:American electrical engineers]] [[Category:American Nobel Prize winners]] [[Category:Scientists from Madison, Wisconsin]] [[Category:American theoretical physicists]]