Ivar Giaever

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Ivar Giæver
Born ( 1929-04-05 ) April 5, 1929 (age 95)
Bergen , Norway
Nationality Norway , USA (1964)
Known for Solid-state physics
Awards Nobel Prize in Physics (1973)
Scientific career
Fields Physics

Ivar Giaever ( Norwegian : Giæver ; born April 5, 1929) is a Norwegian - American physicist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973 with Leo Esaki and Brian Josephson . They were awarded it for their discoveries about the tunnelling phenomena in solids . [1] He is a professor at the University of Oslo . [1]

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Press Release: The 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics" . Nobelprize.org . 27 June 2011 . The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences . 1973-10-23. Archived from the original on 2011-06-27 . Retrieved 2011-06-27 . The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics to Leo Esaki, USA, Ivar Giaever, USA and Brian D Josephson, UK. The award is for their discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in solids

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