Point-Contact Transistor Demonstration
With Walter Brattain, demonstrates transistor amplification using controlled electron and hole transport in germanium.
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
John Bardeen Biography and Timeline
Follow John Bardeen through 5 dated historical records for United States of America.
John Bardeen, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1947–1972Years on this page
1947
Semiconductor Surface States
Explains how electronic surface states affect semiconductor behaviour, helping guide the Bell Labs transistor experiments.
1956
Nobel Prize for Transistor Physics
Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for semiconductor research and the transistor effect.
1957
BCS Electron Pairing Theory
With Leon Cooper and Robert Schrieffer, explains superconductivity through correlated pairs of electrons coupled to the crystal lattice.
1972
Second Nobel Prize for Superconductivity
Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for the microscopic BCS theory of superconductivity.
Records, sources and methodology
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