2. Childhood Born in Madison, Wisconsin, on May 23, 1908 Attended University High School at Madison Graduated from Madison Central High School in 1923 Took a course for electrical engineering

3. College Went to the University of Wisconsin Graduated with B.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1928 Worked as graduate research assistant in electrical engineering Introduced to quantum theory by Professor J.H. VanVleck

4. First Job Worked with Professor Leo J. Peters At the Gulf Research Laboratories in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania He worked there for 3 years (1930-1933)

5. After Resigning Worked in mathematical physics at Princeton University Offered a position as Junior Fellow At Society of Fellows at Harvard University Worked with professors VanVleck and Bridgman

6. John Bardeen 1959: Member of Center for Advanced Study 1951: Professor of Electrical Engineering/Physics 1957: Bardeen worked with Cooper and Schrieffer

7. Achievements Developed first successful explanation of superconductivity 1959-1962: Member U.S. President's Science Advisory Committee. 1954: Elected to National Academy of Sciences

8. Facts 1956: Won the Nobel Prize for Physics 1945: Joined Solid State research group He’s a Fellow of the American Physical Society

9. Random Facts Worked at the University of Minnesota Moved to New Jersey to join scientist group Bardeen worked on experiments with Walter Brattain Together they built the first point-contact transistor

10. New Job 1951: Bardeen looks for new job Works on Superconductivity theory Works at the University of Illinois

11. 2 Nobel Prizes Worked with Cooper and SchriefferWorked with Cooper and Schrieffer Created the BCS theoremCreated the BCS theorem Won another Nobel Prize for itWon another Nobel Prize for it Only person ever to win 2 Nobel Prizes!!!!!Only person ever to win 2 Nobel Prizes!!!!!

12. Main Studies Studied the solid stateStudied the solid state Also studied SuperconductivityAlso studied Superconductivity Work functions of metalsWork functions of metals

13. Works Cited "John Bardeen." Nobel Prize. 2010. Nobel Web, Web. 23 Feb 2010. http://nobelprize.org/contact/faq/index.html http://nobelprize.org/contact/faq/index.html Fox, Karen. "John Bardeen." PBS. ScienCentral, Inc, and The American Institute of Physics, Web. 23 Feb 2010. http://www.pbs.org/transistor/album1/bardeen/ba rdeen3.html http://www.pbs.org/transistor/album1/bardeen/ba rdeen3.html "John Bardeen." Wikipedia. 23 Feb 2010. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc, Web. 23 Feb 2010. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bardeen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bardeen