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True genius : the life and science of John Bardeen : the only winner of two Nobel Prizes in physics /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hoddeson, Lillian
Other Authors: Daitch, Vicki
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Joseph Henry Press, [2002]
Subjects:
Bardeen, John.
Physicists > United States > Biography.
Superconductivity.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • The question of genius
  • Roots
  • To be an engineer
  • A graduate student's paradise
  • Many-body beginnings
  • Academic life
  • Engineering for national defense
  • The transistor
  • The break from Bell
  • Homecoming
  • Cracking the riddle of superconductivity
  • Two Nobels are better than one hole in one
  • A hand in industry
  • Citizen of science
  • Pins and needles and waves
  • Last journey
  • True genius and how to cultivate it.