Science / Scientist Datebook: May 23
John Bardeen (May 23, 1908 – January 30, 1991), was born in Madison, Wisconsin. An electrical engineer and physicist, he was the only person to have won the Nobel Prize in Physics twice: first in 1956 with William Shockley and Walter Brattain, for their researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect, and in 1972 with Leon N Cooper and John Robert Schrieffer, for a fundamental theory of conventional superconductivity known as the BCS Theory.
The transistor revolutionized the electronics industry, and made possible the development of almost every modern electronic device, from telephones to computers to missiles.
The developments of Bardeen in superconductivity, which won him his second Nobel Prize in Physics, are used in Nuclear magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (NMR) or its medical sub-tool magnetic resonance imaging MRI).
In 1990, Bardeen appeared on LIFE magazine's list of "100 Most Influential Americans of the Century."
John Bardeen died of heart disease at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 30, 1991. He and his wife Jane (1907–1997) are buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wisconsin, survived by their three children and grandchildren.
Image Credit:
John Bardeen. en.wikipedia.org / Public Domain
Resources:
John Bardeen, Nobelist, Inventor of Transistor Dies. Accessed May 23, 2016.
Biography of John Bardeen. The Nobel Foundation. Accessed May 23, 2016.
Biography of John Bardeen. PBS. Accessed May 23, 2016.
(c) May 2016. Tel. Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved.
Physicist and electrical engineer. Nobel Laureate in Physics twice.
John Bardeen (May 23, 1908 – January 30, 1991), was born in Madison, Wisconsin. An electrical engineer and physicist, he was the only person to have won the Nobel Prize in Physics twice: first in 1956 with William Shockley and Walter Brattain, for their researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect, and in 1972 with Leon N Cooper and John Robert Schrieffer, for a fundamental theory of conventional superconductivity known as the BCS Theory. The transistor revolutionized the electronics industry, and made possible the development of almost every modern electronic device, from telephones to computers to missiles.
The developments of Bardeen in superconductivity, which won him his second Nobel Prize in Physics, are used in Nuclear magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (NMR) or its medical sub-tool magnetic resonance imaging MRI).
In 1990, Bardeen appeared on LIFE magazine's list of "100 Most Influential Americans of the Century."
John Bardeen died of heart disease at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, on January 30, 1991. He and his wife Jane (1907–1997) are buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Madison, Wisconsin, survived by their three children and grandchildren.
Image Credit:
John Bardeen. en.wikipedia.org / Public Domain
Resources:
John Bardeen, Nobelist, Inventor of Transistor Dies. Accessed May 23, 2016.
Biography of John Bardeen. The Nobel Foundation. Accessed May 23, 2016.
Biography of John Bardeen. PBS. Accessed May 23, 2016.
(c) May 2016. Tel. Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved.
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