Ivar Giaever

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Nobel laureate Norwegian-American person human physicist

Ivar Giaever is a Norwegian-American physicist and Nobel laureate recognized for his pioneering work on quantum tunneling in superconductors.

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instanceOf Nobel laureate ⓘ
Norwegian-American person ⓘ
human ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
academicDegree PhD in physics ⓘ
awardReceived Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ
Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Physics Prize ⓘ
surface form: Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize
countryOfBirth Norway ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Norway ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1929-04-05 ⓘ
educatedAt Norwegian University of Science and Technology ⓘ
surface form: Norwegian Institute of Technology

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ⓘ
employer General Electric ⓘ
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ⓘ
University of Oslo ⓘ
familyName Giaever ⓘ
fieldOfWork condensed matter physics ⓘ
physics ⓘ
superconductivity ⓘ
givenName Ivar ⓘ
hasChild Anne Giaever ⓘ
John Giaever ⓘ
Marianne Giaever ⓘ
Trond Giaever ⓘ
hasOccupation businessperson ⓘ
engineer ⓘ
inventor ⓘ
knownFor Giaever tunneling ⓘ
quantum tunneling in superconductors ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Norwegian ⓘ
memberOf National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters ⓘ
movement solid-state physics ⓘ
NobelPrize.category Physics ⓘ
NobelPrize.motivation for their experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and superconductors ⓘ
NobelPrize.year 1973 ⓘ
notableFor public statements critical of aspects of climate change consensus ⓘ
notableIdea use of tunneling to study superconducting energy gaps ⓘ
notableWork experimental studies of tunneling phenomena in superconductors ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bergen ⓘ
positionHeld professor ⓘ
residence United States of America ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sharedNobelPrizeWith Brian David Josephson ⓘ
Leo Esaki ⓘ
spouse Inger Skramstad ⓘ

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Leo Esaki → sharedNobelPrizeWith → Ivar Giaever ⓘ
Ivar → hasNotableBearer → Ivar Giaever ⓘ
Giaever tunneling → namedAfter → Ivar Giaever ⓘ
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Inger Skramstad → spouse → Ivar Giaever ⓘ
Marianne Giaever → father → Ivar Giaever ⓘ
Marianne Giaever → notableFamilyMember → Ivar Giaever ⓘ
Anne Giaever → father → Ivar Giaever ⓘ
Anne Giaever → notableFamilyMember → Ivar Giaever ⓘ
Giaever → hasNotableBearer → Ivar Giaever ⓘ
John Giaever → father → Ivar Giaever ⓘ
Trond Giaever → childOf → Ivar Giaever ⓘ
Esaki Reona → NobelPrize.sharedWith → Ivar Giaever ⓘ
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subject surface form: Reona Esaki