Ivar Giæver
Norwegian-American physicist · Norway · Scientists · Lived 1929 to 2025 · aged 96
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Something wrong?Ivar Giaever was a Norwegian-American experimental physicist who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics with Leo Esaki and Brian Josephson.
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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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Bertram BrockhouseBoth received Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize
Pierre-Gilles de GennesBoth received Onsager Medal
Douglas OsheroffBoth received Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize
Robert B. LaughlinBoth received Onsager Medal
Konstantin NovoselovBoth received Onsager Medal
Daniel C. TsuiBoth received Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter PrizeFame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.