Engineer Who Won The Nobel Prize Twice In Physics May 9, 2021 1 comments Winning the Nobel Prize once is no easy feat let alone winning it twice! The first ever person to do so was chemist and physicist Marie Curie as many of you might already know. Similarly, John Bardeen has won the prestigious prize for physics first in 1956 and then in 1972. Although, if you happen to watch The Big Bang Theory, it might come off as surprising that he was an engineer by profession. Bardeen (1908-1991) completed his bachelor and master degrees in electrical engineering in 1928 and 1929 respectively. He was then employed by Gulf Oil Corporation where he worked for four years.