Nobel Prize

Interview transcript Professor Leon Cooper, welcome to Lindau. It’s very nice to have you here. Leon N. Cooper: I’m very happy to be here. Nice cool weather you have. I know. I believe it’s the fifth time you are visiting Lindau, and this very particular meeting where scientists and young scientific students…

John Bardeen’s speech at the Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, December 10, 1972 Mr. Prime Minister, Ladies, and Gentlemen, Science is a field which grows continuously with ever expanding frontiers. Further, it is truly international in scope. Any particular advance has been preceded by the contributions of those from many lands who have set firm foundations…

Born: Madison, Wisconsin, May 23, 1908. Son of Dr. Charles R. and Althea Harmer Bardeen, both deceased. Dr. Bardeen was Professor of Anatomy and Dean of the Medical School at the University of Wisconsin. Stepmother, Mrs. Kenelm McCauley, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Married Jane Maxwell, 1938. Children: James M., William A., Elizabeth A. Attended public schools and…

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Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1973 The Discovery of Tunnelling Supercurrents Pdf 184 kB

Interview transcript Professor Josephson, welcome to this interview. We’re very happy to have you here today. You were very young when you got the prize, only 33, and when you made your major discovery you were 22. In which way has this had an impact on your life, to start off with?…

Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1973 Long Journey into Tunnelling Pdf 301 kB

Nobel Lecture, December 12, 1973 Electron Tunneling and Superconductivity Pdf 338 kB

Interview transcript Professor, very nice to meet you. It has been a few years since you received the Nobel Prize in 1973. Leo Esaki: That’s right. I would like to start off by asking you what made you interested in physics at the very beginning. Why did you choose that subject? Leo…