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Georg Bednorz

ヨハネス・ベドノルツ　/　よはねす・べどのるつ

Physicist from Germany

May 16, 1950 (age 76)　・　Neuenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia
physicist

My Take

Georg Bednorz belongs to my favorite category of scientist: the one who wins by ignoring everyone's assumptions. Together with Alex Müller, he found high-temperature superconductivity in ceramics, materials nobody expected to conduct anything cleanly, and the field reordered itself almost overnight. The 1987 Nobel arrived stunningly fast after the discovery, which tells you how seismic it was. I admire that it came out of patient, unglamorous benchwork at IBM rather than grand theorizing. Bednorz is proof that the quietest labs sometimes produce the loudest revolutions, and that contrarian curiosity, properly disciplined, can rewrite a textbook.

Overview

Johannes Georg Bednorz (German pronunciation: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈbɛdnɔʁt͡s] ; born 16 May 1950) 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.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Georg Bednorz
Name (Japanese): ヨハネス・ベドノルツ
Reading: よはねす・べどのるつ
Born: May 16, 1950 (age 76)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Taurus / Tiger
Origin: Neuenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: physicist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

IBM Fellow
1988 Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
1987 Nobel Prize in Physics
1987 Robert Wichard Pohl Prize
1987 Fritz London Award
1987 Dannie Heineman Prize
1987 Klung Wilhelmy Science Award
1986 Marcel Benoist Prize

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role	Year
Notable work	superconductivity	—
Notable work	high temperature superconductor	—

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A8%E3%83%8F%E3%83%8D%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%89%E3%83%8E%E3%83%AB%E3%83%84

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