In 1956, physicist John Bardeen won the Nobel Prize in Physics for co-inventing the transistor. At the ceremony in Stockholm, he brought only one of his three children. The King of Sweden jokingly asked why he hadn’t brought them all, and Bardeen promised, “I’ll bring them next time.” Sixteen years later, in 1972, after winning his second Nobel Prize for the theory of superconductivity, Bardeen honored that promise and brought all three children. He remains the only person ever to win two Nobel

Invented 75 years ago by Bell Labs scientists John Bardeen and Walter Brattain, the point-contact #transistor forever changed the face of the electronics industry, putting powerful technology in the hands of the masses. The solar cell, the laser, the seminal Telstar satellite - none of it would be possible without the transistor, immediately positioning it as one of the most influential innovations made during the 20th century. On this noteworthy anniversary - we wanted to hone in on what makes