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Hoddeson, L. – Physics Education, 2011
John Bardeen worked on the theory of solids throughout his physics career, winning two Nobel Prizes: the first in 1956 for the invention of the transistor with Walter Brattain and William Shockley; and the second in 1972 for the development with Leon Cooper and J Robert Schrieffer of the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) theory of superconductivity.…
Descriptors: Physics, Electronic Equipment, Theories, Biographies
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Floyd, Alan; Dimmock, Clive – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2011
This study investigates the experiences of academics who became department heads in a post-1992 UK university and explores the influence that being in the position has on their planned future academic career. Drawing on life history interviews undertaken with 17 male and female heads of department, the paper constitutes an in-depth study of their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Careers, Department Heads