Ivar Giaever 396621 225797745 2008-07-15T13:21:40Z TheWindyCity 7474057 {{Infobox Scientist |name = Ivar Giaever |image =Replace_this_image_male.svg |imagesize =150px |caption = Ivar Giaever |birth_date = [[April 5]], [[1929]] (age 79) |birth_place = [[Bergen, Norway]] |nationality = [[Norway]] |field = [[physics]] |known_for = [[solid-state physics]] |prizes = {{nowrap|[[Nobel Prize in Physics]] (1973) [[Image:Nobel medal dsc06171.jpg|20px]]}} |religion = }} '''Ivar Giaever''' (originally spelled ''Giæver'') (born [[April 5]], [[1929]] in [[Bergen, Norway]]) is a physicist who shared the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] in [[1973]] with [[Leo Esaki]] and [[Brian David Josephson]] for related work in [[solid-state physics]]. His role was specifically in electron tunneling phenomena in superconductors. Giaever is an institute professor emeritus at the [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]], a professor-at-large at the [[University of Oslo]], and the president of Applied Biophysics. Ivar Giaever earned a degree in mechanical engineering from the [[Norwegian University of Science and Technology|Norwegian Institute of Technology]] in 1952 and emigrated from Norway to [[Canada]] in 1954, where he was employed by the Canadian division of [[General Electric]] and transferred to the [[United States]]. He has lived in Niskayuna, New York since then. While working for General Electric, Giaever earned a Ph.D. from the [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]] in 1964. In 1969, he researched biophysics for a year at [[Cambridge University]], [[England]]. In addition to the Nobel Prize, he has also been awarded the [[Buckley Prize|Oliver E. Buckley Prize]] by the [[American Physical Society]] in 1965, and the [[Zworykin Award]] by the [[National Academy of Engineering]] in 1974. Ivar Giaever is an enthusiastic global warming skeptic, as revealed in a 2008 meeting of Nobel prize winners in Lindau, Germany. [http://nobellaureate.feedroom.com/index.jsp?auto_band=x&rf=sv&fr_story=1599eacaa33f706ce2ae9fbd7a0f7f9068ac9ef0&skin=showcase] ==External links== * [http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=82E4B92E3A753DDF A film about Giaever's Nobel Prize] * [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1973/giaever-bio.html Bio Nobel laureate website] * [http://www.rpi.edu/~giaevi/ Ivar Giaever's home page at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute] * [http://www.uio.no/english/nobel_prize/giaever_eng.html University of Oslo website about Ivar Giaever] * [http://www.biophysics.com Applied Biophysics Website] {{Norway-bio-stub}} {{US-physicist-stub}} {{Nobel Prize in Physics Laureates 1951-1975}} {{Lifetime|1929 ||Giaever, Ivar}} [[Category:Global warming skeptics]] [[Category:Norwegian physicists]] [[Category:Members of the National Academy of Sciences]] [[Category:Nobel laureates in Physics]] [[Category:Superconductivity]] [[Category:Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute faculty]] [[Category:Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumni]] [[Category:Norwegian Institute of Technology alumni]] [[Category:Norwegian-Americans]] [[Category:Hamar Katedralskole alumni]] [[bn:ইভার ইয়্যাভার]] [[bg:Ивар Йевер]] [[ca:Ivar Giaever]] [[de:Ivar Giaever]] [[es:Ivar Giaever]] [[eu:Ivar Giaever]] [[fr:Ivar Giaever]] [[gl:Ivar Giaever]] [[io:Ivar Giaever]] [[id:Ivar Giaever]] [[sw:Ivar Giaever]] [[lv:Īvars Jēvers]] [[nl:Ivar Giaever]] [[ja:アイヴァー・ジェーバー]] [[no:Ivar Giæver]] [[nn:Ivar Giæver]] [[pl:Ivar Giaever]] [[pt:Ivar Giaever]] [[ro:Ivar Giaever]] [[ru:Джайевер, Айвор]] [[sl:Ivar Giaever]] [[fi:Ivar Giaever]] [[sv:Ivar Giæver]] [[tr:Ivar Giaever]] [[zh:伊瓦尔·贾埃弗]]