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My Take
Klaus von Klitzing belongs to that rare group whose discovery quietly reshaped the world. His integer quantum Hall effect didn't just win the 1985 Nobel Prize; it gave us a way to define electrical resistance with near-perfect precision, turning a deep quantum truth into a practical standard the whole planet relies on. Born in what is now Poland and forged in German research labs, he stacked up honor after honor without ever feeling like a showman. I'm no physicist, but I find something humbling about a mind that can spot such clean order hidden in nature. He earns my unreserved respect.
Overview
Klaus von Klitzing (German: [ˈklaʊs fɔn ˈklɪtsɪŋ] ; born 28 June 1943) is a German physicist, known for discovery of the integer quantum Hall effect, for which he was awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Klaus von Klitzing
- Name (Japanese)
- クラウス・フォン・クリッツィング
- Reading
- くらうす・ふぉん・くりっつぃんぐ
- Born
- June 28, 1943 (age 82)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Goat
- Origin
- Środa Wielkopolska, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- physicist / university teacher
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Würzburg
Awards & achievements
- 1986 Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
- Great Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1985 Nobel Prize in Physics
- 1988 Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
- 1981 Walter Schottky Prize
- 1988 Dirac Medal for the Advancement of Physics
- 2005 Carl Friedrich Gauss Medal
- 2013 Hall of Fame of German Research
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
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