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Heinrich Rohrer

HINE-rikh ROH-rer
Physics

Swiss physicist who, with Gerd Binnig at the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, invented the scanning tunneling microscope in 1981. He shared half of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics with Binnig.

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1933 1
Death Year
2013 1
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Physics 1
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Co-invented the scanning tunneling microscope with Gerd Binnig at IBM Zurich Research Laboratory in 1981.

Source Heinrich Rohrer, Biographical (Nobel Prize)

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Physics, Disciplines
Source Heinrich Rohrer (Wikipedia)
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    Heinrich Rohrer (6 June 1933-16 May 2013) was a Swiss physicist who shared half of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics with Gerd Binnig for the design of the scanning tunneling microscope (STM).
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Heinrich Rohrer, Biographical (Nobel Prize)
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