Spark of Genius: The Story of John Bardeen at the University of Illinois

Imagine a world without computers, cell phones or all modern electronics. This would be a world without John Bardeen. In 1947, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain invented the transistor which amplifies and switches electronic signals. The "solid state" transistor replaced vacuum tubes as the building block of modern radios and other small electronic devices. In this program, Big Ten Network Illinois Campus Programming examines the spark of genius that fired in Bardeen throughout his life and while he worked as a professor in Electrical Engineering and Physics.

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[SilkwormMissile]

Good night John Boy

[sucahyovideo]

@cuneapensanjeevi up to you. Read the story of Thomas Henry Moray, he demostrated the first transistor, made of two crystal attached together at 1930. Two of bell transistor "inventor" happen to watch the demo too.

[cuneapensanjeevi]

@sucahyovideo You are mad man



[sthugh]

@dinankid05 Which has zero to do with analog transistors.

[swish1234567890]

hi casimir physics assignment john bardeen!

[dinankid05]

vacuum tubes sound so much better than 1's and 0's

[tothatextent]

God, I wish I was smart like a guy like this.

[21gameschamp12]

i tried it and it works iv learnd how to use telekinesis



[sucahyovideo]

The principle of transistor is already exist at 1930 or so, it is not John Bardeen invention. Packard Bell lab then develop it. You can read the story at robert adams website aethmogen com, transistor enigma.

[freelancergin]

man, I love this guy