True genius [electronic resource] : the life and science of John Bardeen : the only winner of two Nobel Prizes in physics / Lillian Hoddeson, Vicki Daitch

Author:: Hoddeson, Lillian
Published:: Washington, D.C. : Joseph Henry Press, c2002.
Physical Description:: xi, 467 p. : ill
Additional Creators:: Daitch, Vicki and ebrary, Inc

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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.

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0309084083

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-358) and index.

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