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Bardeen's devotion to solid‐state physics began in the mid‐1930s, when he was a graduate student and the field was young. By 1951 he had helped to discover the transistor and had set the stage for his later studies of superconductivity.

It is not widely appreciated that Bardeen first recognized minority‐carrier injection, which is the basis for the original bipolar transistor and the beginning of modern electronics.

Bardeen's knowledge of the experimental data hod bounded the theory of superconductivity quite tightly before B, C ond S developed their theory.

John Bardeen provided valuable advice to Xerox Corporation and other firms, and served conscientiously on Eisenhower's and Kennedy's science advisory committees and on Reagan's White House Science Council.

Occupying the office next door for 32 years provided a unique perspective on Bardeen. His personal qualities were as admirable as his scientific style.