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.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate → Norwegian-American person → human → physicist →
academicDegree	PhD in physics →
awardReceived	Nobel Prize in Physics → Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize →
countryOfBirth	Norway →
countryOfCitizenship	Norway → United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1929-04-05 →
educatedAt	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 →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
University of Oslo →	hasNotableAlumni
Leo Esaki →	sharedNobelPrizeWith