Herbert Kroemer

German-American physics (1928–2024)

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Herbert Kroemer was a German-American physicist who lived from 1928 to 2024 and made significant contributions to the field of physics. His work was important enough to be recognized and remembered in the scientific community, though the specific details of his achievements would require additional sources to explain.

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Born: 1928
Died: 2024
Works: 3

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Selected Works of Professor Herbert Kroemer
Quantum mechanics
Selected works of Professor Herbert Kroemer

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Type: Person
Active from: 1970-05-26

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5 total works indexed

The Hallmarks of Aging
· 2013 · cited 13,783x
Speeded-Up Robust Features (SURF)
· 2008 · cited 11,298x
Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 10,740x
A Behavioral Model of Rational Choice
· 1955 · cited 9,771x
Bevacizumab plus Irinotecan, Fluorouracil, and Leucovorin for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
· 2004 · cited 8,498x

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Quotes

“The principal applications of any sufficiently new and innovative technology always have been—and will continue to be—applications created by that technology.”
“Ultimately, progress in applications is not deterministic, but opportunistic, exploiting for new applications whatever new science and technology happen to be coming along.”
“Whenever I teach my semiconductor device physics course, one of the central messages I try to get across early is the importance of energy band diagrams. I often put this in the form of "Kroemer's Lemma of Proven Ignorance":”

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date of birth: 1928-08-25
Erdős number: 9
name in native language: Herbert Krömer
Commons category: Herbert Kroemer
date of death: 2024-03-08

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Herbert Kroemer ( German: [ˈhɛʁbɛʁt ˈkʁøːmɐ] ; August 25, 1928 – March 8, 2024) was a German–American physicist who, along with Zhores Alferov, received the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics "for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics." Kroemer was Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research into transistors was a stepping stone to the later development of mobile phone technologies.

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