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Ivar Giaever (Norwegian: Giæver, IPA: [ˈìːvɑr ˈjèːvər]; born April 5, 1929) is a Norwegian-American engineer and physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973 with Leo Esaki and Brian Josephson "for their discoveries regarding tunnelling phenomena in solids".
Ivar Giaever is a Norwegian-American physicist who received the Nobel Prize for his work on superconductivity. He studied engineering, physics and biophysics, and worked at General Electric and Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute.
Ivar Giaever was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and superconductors. Learn more about his work, the tunnel effect, and the Nobel Prize Outreach program.
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Ivar Giaever (born April 5, 1929, Bergen, Norway) is a Norwegian-born American physicist who shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1973 with Leo Esaki and Brian Josephson for work in solid-state physics.
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Read the Nobel Lecture delivered by Ivar Giaever in 1973, who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for his discoveries regarding electron tunneling and superconductivity. Learn about his research, his colleagues and his views on science and society.
Electrical method for detection of endothelial cell shape change in real time: assessment of endothelial barrier function. C Tiruppathi, AB Malik, PJ Del Vecchio, CR Keese, I Giaever....
Ivar Giaever is a Norwegian-born American physicist who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize for his experiments on tunnelling phenomena in semiconductors and superconductors. He also studied protein molecules, cell motion and biophysics, and was a professor at Rensselaer and Oslo universities.
