Abstract
John Bardeen worked on the theory of solids throughout his physics career, winning two Nobel Prizes: the first in 1956 for the invention of the transistor with Walter Brattain and William Shockley; and the second in 1972 for the development with Leon Cooper and JRobert Schrieffer of the Bardeen-Cooper- Schrieffer (BCS) theory of superconductivity. The transistor made possible the information revolution; the BCS theory helped lay the microscopic foundation for the modern theory of condensed matter physics.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 661-668 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Physics Education |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 2011 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Education
- General Physics and Astronomy