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Gerd Binnig
| Full Name of the recipient | Gerd Binnig |
|---|---|
| Award | Nobel Prize in Physics |
| Year of Award | 1986 |
| Share in Award | 25.0% |
| Award Shared with | Ernst Ruska (50.0%) Heinrich Rohrer (25.0%) |
| Motivation for the Award | for their design of the scanning tunneling microscope |
| Affiliation at the Time of Award | IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Rüschlikon, Switzerland |
| Place of Birth | Frankfurt-on-the-Main, West Germany (now known as Germany DEU) |
| Date of Birth | 20 July 1947 |
| Age at the time of Award | 38 years |
