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Peter Grünberg
German physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (1939-2018) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Peter Andreas Grünberg (18 May 1939 – 7 April 2018) was a German physicist.
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Peter Grünberg | |
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Born | (1939-05-18)18 May 1939 Pilsen, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia |
Died | 7 April 2018(2018-04-07) (aged 78) Jülich, Germany |
Nationality | Germany |
Alma mater | Darmstadt University of Technology |
Known for | Giant magnetoresistive effect |
Awards | Wolf Prize in Physics (2006) European Inventor of the Year (2006) Japan Prize 2007 ![]() |
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Fields | Physics |
Institutions | Carleton University Jülich Research Centre University of Cologne |
Doctoral advisor | Stefan Hüfner |
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He won the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics for discovering giant magnetoresistance. This made gigabyte hard disk drives easier to make. Half of the prize was given to Albert Fert. Fert discovered giant magnetoresistance at the same time. But, Fert and Grünberg did not work together.[1]