Ivar Giaever

Ivar Giaever (April 5, 1929 – June 20, 2025) was a Norwegian–American 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."

Notable works: solid-state physics Awards: Guggenheim Fellowship, Gunnerus Medal, Nobel Prize in Physics, Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize, Onsager Medal, Golden Plate Award Education: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Norwegian Institute of Technology, Clare Hall, Hamar Cathedral School

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