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Ivar Giæver

Norwegian-American physicist

  • Fame60.2
  • Momentum15.0
  • Norway rank#127
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  • Fame60.2
  • Momentum15.0
  • Norway rank#127
  • Wikipedia2.5K
Lived 1929–2025, aged 96Norway
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  • Wikipedia
    68 languages
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  • Rank in Norway
    #127
    Scientists
  • Era
    1929–2025
    Aged 96
  • Known for
    Clouds Are Not Spheres
    2010
Summary
Updated 2026-06-26

Ivar Giaever was a Norwegian–American experimental physicist who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics with Leo Esaki and Brian Josephson. One half of the prize was jointly awarded to Esaki and Giaever "for their experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and superconductors, respectively."

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Momentum15.0
Historical24.1
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Source confidence70.0
Completeness80.0
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