:the life and science of John Bardeen : the only winner of two Nobel Prizes in physics
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/ Lillian Hoddeson, Vicki Daitch
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Washington, D.C.
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: Joseph Henry Press,
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, c2002.
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xi, 467 p. ill. 24 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-358) and index.
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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.