Leo Esaki - Nobel Prize in Physics — 1973
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Leo Esaki

Prize
Nobel Prize in Physics — 1973
for their experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and superconductors, respectively
Together with: Brian David Josephson , Ivar Giæver
Citizenship
Japan Japan
Languages
Japanese
date of birth
3/12/1925
place of birth
Takaida
Age
101 years

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member of
  • National Academy of Engineering
    • start time: 1977
  • Japan Academy
    • start time: 11/12/1975
  • National Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 1976
  • Russian Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 1994
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
    • start time: 1974
  • Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL
  • American Philosophical Society
employer
  • Sony Group
  • Kwansei Gakuin University
  • Kyoto University
  • IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
  • Shibaura Institute of Technology
  • University of Tsukuba
  • Yokohama College of Pharmacy
  • Kawanishi Kikai Seisakusho
field of work
  • physics
occupation
  • physicist
educated at
  • University of Tokyo
  • Third Higher School
  • Kyoto University
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