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Bardeen

American  
[bahr-deen] / bɑrˈdin /

noun

  1. John, 1908–91, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1956, 1972.


Bardeen British  
/ ˌbɑːˈdiːn /

noun

  1. John . 1908–91, US physicist and electrical engineer, noted for his research on electrical conduction in solids; shared Nobel prize for physics 1956 for research on semiconductors leading to the invention of the transistor; shared Nobel prize for physics 1972 for contributions to the theory of superconductivity

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Bardeen Scientific  
/ bär-dēn /
  1. American physicist who, with William Brattain and William Shockley, invented the transistor in 1947. For this work all three shared a 1956 Nobel Prize for physics. In 1972 Bardeen shared another Nobel Prize for physics with American physicists Leon Neil Cooper and John Robert Schrieffer for their development of the theory of superconductivity.


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Mr. Bardeen will replace Roland Caputo, who has been at the company for nearly 20 years.

From New York Times • May 10, 2023

In a separate release, the Times said it had appointed strategy head William Bardeen as its chief financial officer, replacing Roland Caputo who had announced his retirement in December.

From Reuters • May 10, 2023

The other individuals are John Bardeen who won the Physics prize twice, Marie Curie, who won Physics and Chemistry, Linus Pauling who won Chemistry and Peace and Frederick Sanger who won the Chemistry prize twice.

From Reuters • Oct. 5, 2022

Only four other people—Marie Curie, Linus Pauling, John Bardeen, and Frederick Sanger—have won science’s top award twice.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 5, 2022

"I hope they'll be playmates for you," answered Mr. Bardeen.

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