- Home
- Knowledge Base
- World
- Nobel Prize Winners
- J. Georg Bednorz
J. Georg Bednorz
Full Name of the recipient | J. Georg Bednorz |
---|---|
Award | Nobel Prize in Physics |
Year of Award | 1987 |
Share in Award | 50.0% |
Award Shared with | K. Alexander Müller (50.0%) |
Motivation for the Award | for their important break-through in the discovery of superconductivity in ceramic materials |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Rüschlikon, Switzerland |
Place of Birth | Neuenkirchen, West Germany (now known as Germany DEU) |
Date of Birth | 16 May 1950 |
Age at the time of Award | 36 years |