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True genius : the life and science of John Bardeen : the only winner of two Nobel Prizes in physics / Lillian Hoddeson, Vicki Daitch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hoddeson, Lillian.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bardeen, John.
- Physicists--United States--Biography.
- Physicists.
- United States.
- Superconductivity.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 467 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Joseph Henry Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- John Bardeen fits a new profile of genius. Through an exploration of his science as well as his life, a fresh and thoroughly engaging portrait of genius and the nature of creativity emerges. This perspective will have readers looking anew at what it truly means to be a genius.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-358) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0309084083
- OCLC:
- 49875299
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