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Georg Bednorz

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Georg Bednorz

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Also known as Johannes Bednorz, Johannes Georg Bednorz

physicist

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Georg Bednorz is a physicist who made significant scientific contributions to his field. Based on the limited information provided, he is notable enough to warrant attention, though specific details about his work and its importance would require additional sources.

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Gender
Male
Origin
Germany
Active from
1950

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physics1987

    for their important break-through in the discovery of superconductivity in ceramic materials

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Instance of
human
Given name
Georg
Gender
male
Citizenship
Germany
Place of birth
Neuenkirchen
Occupation
physicist
Educated at
ETH Zurich
Employer
IBM
Languages spoken
German
Field of work
materials science
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8th Silesian Science Festival, Johannes Georg Bednorz, KsP 709, 09.12.2024.jpg
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date of birth
1950-05-16
Erdős number
10
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Georg Bednorz
name in native language
Johannes Georg Bednorz
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IPA transcription
ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈbɛdnɔʁt͡s
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WikiProject Germany
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Encyclopedic overview

Johannes Georg Bednorz ( German pronunciation: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈbɛdnɔʁt͡s] ; born 16 May 1950) is a German physicist who, together with K. Alex Müller, discovered high-temperature superconductivity in ceramics, for which they shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in Physics.

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