/ Biographies of Presidents, Athletes, Artists, & more / John Bardeen Cite John Bardeen Born: 1908Birthplace: Madison, Wisconsin Transistor—Bardeen, Shockley and Brattain shared the 1956 Nobel Prize for Physics for the invention of the transistor. The transistor replaced the vacuum tube and paved the way for the integrated circuit. (1974)Died: 1991 Frederick Banting C. Donald Bateman ✖ See also: Walter H. Brattain
Born: 1908Birthplace: Madison, Wisconsin Transistor—Bardeen, Shockley and Brattain shared the 1956 Nobel Prize for Physics for the invention of the transistor. The transistor replaced the vacuum tube and paved the way for the integrated circuit. (1974)Died: 1991 Frederick Banting C. Donald Bateman
