Portraits of influence
The only person ever to have won two Nobel Prizes in physics, he co-invented
the transistor, which transformed the electronics industry, and developed,
with two colleagues, the first successful explanation of superconductivity,
which has helped make possible MRIs, CAT scans, and mobile phones, among
many other things. Read about others on the list. Click on the illustration below to read about each person. You can also select individuals by name in the index below.
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