Georg Bednorz
Johannes Georg Bednorz | |
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Bednorz in 2013 | |
| Born | Johannes Georg Bednorz 16 May 1950 |
| Nationality | German |
| Known for | High-temperature superconductivity |
| Awards | Marcel Benoist Prize (1986) Fritz London Memorial Prize (1987) Nobel Prize in Physics (1987) EPS Europhysics Prize (1988) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Thesis | Isovalent and heterovalent ionic substitution in SrTiO3 (1982) |
| Doctoral advisor | Heini Gränicher, K. Alex Müller |
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.