Ivar Giæver

Ivar Giaever 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."

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Who was born first?

• Ivar Giæver and Paul Lauterbur were born the same year
• Ivar Giæver and Werner Arber were born the same year
• Ivar Giæver and Edith Windsor were born the same year
• Ivar Giæver and Eric Kandel were born the same year
• Ivar Giæver and Isamu Akasaki were born the same year

Timeline

1. Edith WindsorJune 20, 1929 – September 12, 2017
2. Eric KandelNovember 7, 1929 – present
3. Isamu AkasakiJanuary 30, 1929 – April 1, 2021
4. Ivar Giæver (this page)April 5, 1929 – June 20, 2025
5. Paul LauterburMay 6, 1929 – March 27, 2007
6. Werner ArberJune 3, 1929 – present

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• Isaac NewtonDecember 25, 1642 – March 20, 1727
• Johann Wolfgang von GoetheAugust 28, 1749 – March 22, 1832
• Galileo GalileiFebruary 15, 1564 – January 8, 1642
• Immanuel KantApril 22, 1724 – February 12, 1804
• René DescartesMarch 31, 1596 – February 11, 1650
• Thomas EdisonFebruary 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931
• Marie CurieNovember 7, 1867 – July 4, 1934