Bardeen, Holonyak chosen among top scientists in State of Illinois history

Springfield State Journal-Register (Sept. 16) – The U. of I.’s John Bardeen and Nick Holonyak were chosen as members of the top scientists in state history by participants in the Illinois Top 200 project. Bardeen, a professor for almost 40 years at Illinois, is the only person to win the Nobel Prize in Physics twice: first for helping invent the transistor, then for research into superconductivity. Holonyak was educated at Illinois and invented the first diode that produced light in the visible spectrum, paving the way for LED lights. He is in the National Inventors Hall of Fame.