John Bardeen Quotes

United States, Physician
May 23, 1908 – January, 30, 1991.

John Bardeen (/bɑːrˈdiːn/; May 23, 1908 – January 30, 1991) was an American physicist and electrical engineer. He is the only person who won the Nobel Prize in Physics twice: first in 1956 with William Shockley and Walter Brattain for the invention of the transistor; and again in 1972 with Leon N Cooper and John Robert Schrieffer for a fundamental theory of conventional superconductivity known as the BCS theory.

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Further, science is a collaborative effort.

John Bardeen
- Science
- Effort
The Nobel awards should be regarded as giving recognition to this general scientific progress as well as to the individuals involved.

John Bardeen
- Giving
- Progress

... I can't work well under the conditions at Bell Labs. Walter and I are looking at a few questions relating to point-contact transistors, but Shockley keeps all the interesting problems for himself.

John Bardeen
- Work
- Interesting
Science is a field which grows continuously with ever expanding frontiers.

John Bardeen
- Science
The combined results of several people working together is often much more effective than could be that of an individual scientist working alone.

John Bardeen
- People
- Together
- Alone
My earlier award was also based on a close collaborative effort.

John Bardeen
- Effort