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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-born American physicist who shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1973 with Leo Esaki and Brian Josephson for work in solid-state physics. Giaever received an engineering degree at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim in 1952 and became a patent examiner.
Biographical. Ivar Giaever was born in Bergen, Norway, April 5, 1929, the second of three children. He grew up in Toten where his father, John A. Giaever, was a pharmacist. He attended elementary school in Toten but received his secondary education in the city of Hamar.
Jan 1, 2016 · Ivar Giaever is is a professor emeritus at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a joint recipient of the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics. In this speech at the Nobel laureates meeting on July 1, 2015, he discusses the flawed science behind climate change alarmism.
Ivar Giaever. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1973. Born: 5 April 1929, Bergen, Norway. Affiliation at the time of the award: General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY, USA. Prize motivation: “for their experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and superconductors, respectively” Prize share: 1/4. Work.
ivar giaever. Micromotion of mammalian cells measured electrically. A morphological biosensor for mammalian cells. Monitoring fibroblast behavior in tissue culture with an applied electric field. Electrical method for detection of endothelial cell shape change in real time: assessment of endothelial barrier function.
Professor Giaever talks about celebrating being awarded the Nobel Prize, his move from Norway to Canada and the USA (2:03), how he got the job at General Electrics despite low grades (4:39), the reasons why he became an entrepreneur (9:53), his thoughts about research (13:48) and also gives some advice to young students (15:45). Read the interview.
Giaever developed his experiments into a highly accurate method for studying superconductors, and he won the Oliver E. Buckley Prize for his work in 1965. In 1969 he received a Guggenheim Fellowship and spent a year in Cambridge, England, studying biophysics.
Ivar Giaever was awarded Nobel Prize 1973 in Physics "for their experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and superconductors, respectively."
Ivar Giaever. Nobel Prize in Physics 1973 together with Leo Esaki and Brian D. Josephson "for their experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and superconductors, respectively". Training in Engineering.
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