John Bardeen was born on May 23, 1908 in Madison, Wisconsin. He was the second son of Dr. Charles Russell Bardeen, dean of the University of Wisconsin medical school, and Althea Harmer Bardeen ...

John Bardeen had met William Shockley when they were both in school in Massachusetts. In 1945, when World War 2 ended, Shockley was put in charge of a new research group at Bell Labs and he wanted ...

Nobel community calls for prudence using AI After the announcement of the prize ... US physicist John Bardeen is the only laureate so far who has been awarded the prize twice, in 1956 and 1972.