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* https://youtu.be/OyV8qSwGUHU?t=976 of when Bardeen demoed the <transistor> in class is particularly memorable
* https://youtu.be/OyV8qSwGUHU?t=1105 some of his golf colleagues didn't know he had won a <Nobel Prize>!
* https://youtu.be/OyV8qSwGUHU?t=1260 good jokes about receiving the second <Nobel Prize>
  > Congratulations on the second prize. With the third you get to keep the king!

  > The king asked my mother \[Bardeen's son speaking\]: "Where's he family"? The mother answered: "Well, they're at home or school". And the kind replied: "Well, next time, bring them!"
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John Bardeen

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John Bardeen was an American physicist and electrical engineer, best known for his foundational contributions to the field of semiconductor physics and for co-inventing the transistor, a key component in modern electronic devices. He was born on May 23, 1908, and passed away on January 30, 1997.


 John Bardeen

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