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Georg Bednorz

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Johannes Georg Bednorz, born in 1950, is a German physicist. Together with K. Alex Müller, he discovered high temperature superconductivity in a class of ceramic materials, a finding that shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in Physics between them.

Facts
Birth Year
1950 1
Nationality
Germany 1
Notable Work
high temperature superconductor 1
Notable Work
superconductivity 1
Birthplace
Neuenkirchen, Germany 1
Field
Field (category)
Physics 1
Field (category)
Materials Science 1
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1. Georg Bednorz (Wikidata)
  • P27 (country of citizenship): Germany
    Q183
  • P19 (place of birth): Neuenkirchen, Germany
    Q182208
  • P800 (notable work): superconductivity
    Q124131
  • P800 (notable work): high temperature superconductor
    Q846667
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