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K. Alex Müller

Swiss physicist (1927–2023)

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Karl Alexander Müller was a Swiss physicist. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1987 with Georg Bednorz for their discovery of superconductivity in ceramic materials.

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Born
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Place of birth
Basel wd
Died
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Place of death
Zurich wd
Citizenship
Switzerland wd
Occupation
physicist, university teacher wd
Education
ETH Zurich wd

Awards wd

  • IBM Fellow (1982)
  • honorary doctor of the Leipzig University
  • honorary doctorate of Salzburg University
  • Honorary doctorate from the University of Geneva
  • honorary doctor of the Ruhr University Bochum
  • honorary doctor of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  • Honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Munich
  • Honorary doctors of Ghent University
  • honorary doctor of the University of Regensburg
  • Marcel Benoist Prize (1986)
  • Robert Wichard Pohl Prize (1987)
  • Nobel Prize in Physics (1987)
  • Dannie Heineman Prize (1987)
  • Wilhelm Exner Medal (1987)
  • Fritz London Award (1987)

Questions

When was K. Alex Müller born?
K. Alex Müller was born on 20 April 1927 in Basel.
Where did K. Alex Müller study?
K. Alex Müller was educated at ETH Zurich.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): K. Alex Müller · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q122298 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Karl Alexander Mueller.jpg by Armin Kübelbeck (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Last updated · facts checked 4 November 2026

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