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John Bardeen

1908 - 1991

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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 Houser 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Bardeen is the 148th most popular physicist (down from 83rd in 2019), the 485th most popular biography from United States (down from 299th in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Physicist.

John Bardeen is most famous for his work in the development of the transistor. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956 for his work.

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Among physicists, John Bardeen ranks 148 out of 851. Before him are Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron, Roger Penrose, Louis Néel, Rudolf Mössbauer, Kai Siegbahn, and Clifford Shull. After him are Nicolaas Bloembergen, George Paget Thomson, Walter Houser Brattain, Henry Moseley, Laura Bassi, and John Kendrew.

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Among people born in 1908, John Bardeen ranks 23. Before him are Henri Cartier-Bresson, Don Bradman, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Simon Wiesenthal, Bette Davis, and Anna Magnani. After him are Ian Fleming, David Oistrakh, Józef Gosławski, Mika Waltari, Geli Raubal, and Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden. Among people deceased in 1991, John Bardeen ranks 16. Before him are Klaus Barbie, Klaus Kinski, Gustáv Husák, W. Arthur Lewis, Jiang Qing, and Graham Greene. After him are Miles Davis, Frank Capra, Marcel Lefebvre, Lazar Kaganovich, Ragnar Granit, and Soichiro Honda.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Bardeen ranks 485 out of 20,380. Before him are Edith Wilson (1872), Thomas Midgley Jr. (1889), Sidney Poitier (1927), Paul Samuelson (1915), J. J. Cale (1938), and Clifford Shull (1915). After him are Susan Sontag (1933), Chuck Berry (1926), Bob Kahn (1938), Stevie Wonder (1950), Faye Dunaway (1941), and Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. (1809).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, John Bardeen ranks 24. Before him are Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (1921), Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839), Arthur Compton (1892), James Rainwater (1917), Robert Coleman Richardson (1937), and Clifford Shull (1915). After him are Joseph Henry (1797), George E. Smith (1930), Leon Cooper (1930), Martin Lewis Perl (1927), Arthur Leonard Schawlow (1921), and Burton Richter (1931).

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