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John Bardeen, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1908)

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John Bardeen

American physicist (1908–1991)

John Bardeen was an American physicist. He is the only person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics twice: first in 1956 with William Shockley and Walter Houser Brattain for their invention of the transistor; and again in 1972 with Leon Cooper and John Robert Schrieffer for…
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Nobel Prize in Physics

One of five prizes established in 1895 by Alfred Nobel

The Nobel Prize in Physics is an annual award given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for those who have made the most outstanding contributions to mankind in the field of physics. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895 and…
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January 30

Day of the year

January 30 is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 335 days remain until the end of the year.
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