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Georg Bednorz

Physicist

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Johannes Georg Bednorz is a German physicist who, together with K. Alex Müller, discovered high-temperature superconductivity in ceramics, for which they shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in Physics.

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Born
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Place of birth
Neuenkirchen wd
Citizenship
Germany wd
Occupation
physicist wd
Education
ETH Zurich wd

Awards wd

  • IBM Fellow
  • Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1988)
  • Nobel Prize in Physics (1987)
  • Robert Wichard Pohl Prize (1987)
  • Fritz London Award (1987)
  • Dannie Heineman Prize (1987)
  • Klung Wilhelmy Science Award (1987)
  • Marcel Benoist Prize (1986)
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society
  • honorary doctor of the University of Münster (2018)
  • honorary doctorate of Salzburg University
  • honorary doctor of the University of Regensburg
  • honorary doctor of the Tbilisi State University
  • Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia (2020)
  • James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials (1988)

Questions

When was Georg Bednorz born?
Georg Bednorz was born on 16 May 1950 in Neuenkirchen.
Where did Georg Bednorz study?
Georg Bednorz was educated at ETH Zurich.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Georg Bednorz · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q76687 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: 8th Silesian Science Festival, Johannes Georg Bednorz, KsP 709, 09.12.2024.jpg by Krzysztof Popławski (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Last updated · facts checked 6 November 2026

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