John Bardeen
Awards & Honours
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Awards Won
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Honours
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Records
Bardeen's two Nobel Prizes in Physics remain the defining achievement of his career. He is the only person to have won the physics prize twice, first for the transistor and then for the BCS theory. In 1990, Life magazine named him one of the 100 Most Influential Americans of the Century. The IEEE Medal of Honor and induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame further recognize his contributions.
Awards
Honours & Distinctions
National Inventors Hall of Fame
Inducted for the invention of the transistor.
IEEE Medal of Honor
Awarded for contributions to semiconductor and superconductivity research.
Life 100 Most Influential Americans of the Century
Named one of the 100 most influential Americans of the 20th century.
Records & Feats
Only person to win the Nobel Prize in Physics twice
Won in 1956 for the transistor and in 1972 for the BCS theory of superconductivity.
One of three people to win multiple Nobel Prizes in the same category
Alongside Frederick Sanger and K. Barry Sharpless in chemistry.
One of five people with two Nobel Prizes
A rare distinction shared with Marie Curie, Linus Pauling, Frederick Sanger, and K. Barry Sharpless.