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Bardeen

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Bar·deen  (bär-dn), John 1908-1991.
American physicist. He shared a Nobel Prize in 1956 for the development of the electronic transistor and in 1972 for a theory of superconductivity.

Bardeen [ˌbɑːˈdiːn]
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(Biographies / Bardeen, John (1908-1991) M, US, SCIENCE: physicist, TECHNOLOGY: engineer) John. 1908-91, US physicist and electrical engineer, noted for his research on electrical conduction in solids; shared Nobel prize for physics 1956 for research on semiconductors leading to the invention of the transistor; shared Nobel prize for physics 1972 for contributions to the theory of superconductivity
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Noun1.Bardeen - United States physicist who won the Nobel prize for physics twice (1908-1991)


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a John Bardeen Chair Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics at Illinois.
The National Academy of Engineering elected him as a member; the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Nanotechnology Council co-awarded him the first ever Pioneer Award in nanotechnology; and The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society chose him as the 2008 John Bardeen award recipient.
Also honored will be biochemist Gerti Cory, astronomer Edwin Hubble and physicist John Bardeen.
 
 
 
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