Ivar Giæver

Norwegian-American physicist · Norway · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1929 to 2025 · aged 96

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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A life in dates

2025Died20 June 20252010Gunnerus MedalAward1973Nobel Prize in PhysicsAward1969Guggenheim FellowshipAward1966Golden Plate AwardAward1965Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter PrizeAward1929Born5 April 1929

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Giaever at the awards ceremony for the Gunnerus Medal, 2010.

Awards

Gunnerus Medal2010

Nobel Prize in Physics1973

Guggenheim Fellowship1969

Golden Plate Award1966

Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize1965

Onsager Medal

About this person

One half of the prize was jointly awarded to Esaki and Giaever "for their experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and superconductors, respectively."

Country

Norway