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Gerd Binnig

German physicist (born 1947)

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Gerd Karl Binnig is a German physicist. He is most famous for having won the Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Heinrich Rohrer in 1986 for the invention of the scanning tunneling microscope.

Quick facts

Born
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Place of birth
Frankfurt wd
Citizenship
Germany, allied-occupied Germany wd
Occupation
physicist wd
Education
LMU Munich, Goethe University Frankfurt wd

Awards wd

  • Nobel Prize in Physics (1986)
  • Elliott Cresson Medal (1987)
  • IBM Fellow
  • Bavarian Order of Merit
  • Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • King Faisal Prize in Science (1984)
  • Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (1998)
  • Gustav Hertz Prize (1983)
  • National Inventors Hall of Fame (1994)
  • Klung Wilhelmy Science Award (1983)
  • Kavli Prize in Nanoscience (2016)
  • Urania Medal (1991)
  • EPS Europhysics Prize (1984)
  • honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (2004)

Questions

When was Gerd Binnig born?
Gerd Binnig was born on 20 July 1947 in Frankfurt.
Where did Gerd Binnig study?
Gerd Binnig was educated at LMU Munich, Goethe University Frankfurt.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Gerd Binnig · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q76766 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Gerd Binnig sw.jpg by The original uploader was Stefan Kühn at German Wikipedia . (Public domain)

Last updated · facts checked 5 November 2026

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