True genius : the life and science of John Bardeen : the only winner of two Nobel Prizes in physics /
Hoddeson, Lillian.
True genius : the life and science of John Bardeen : the only winner of two Nobel Prizes in physics / Lillian Hoddeson, Vicki Daitch. - Washington, D.C. : Joseph Henry Press, c2002. - xi, 467 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-358) and index.
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.
0309084083
2002007967
GBA3-15139
Bardeen, John.
Physicists--United States--Biography.
Superconductivity.
QC 16 .B27 / H63 2002
True genius : the life and science of John Bardeen : the only winner of two Nobel Prizes in physics / Lillian Hoddeson, Vicki Daitch. - Washington, D.C. : Joseph Henry Press, c2002. - xi, 467 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-358) and index.
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.
0309084083
2002007967
GBA3-15139
Bardeen, John.
Physicists--United States--Biography.
Superconductivity.
QC 16 .B27 / H63 2002