Peter Grünberg

German physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (1939-2018)

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Peter Grünberg was a German physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2007 for his discovery of giant magnetoresistance, a phenomenon that revolutionized how data is stored and read in computer hard drives. His work laid the foundation for modern magnetic storage technology, making it possible to store vastly more information in smaller spaces, which became essential to the digital revolution.

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Die entwicklung der negativen Vorent Ladungen bis zum Durchschlag in Luft in einem Druckbereich von 300 Torr bis 12 Atmosphären
Berliner Einzelfallanalyse von 1987 - 1991

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Estonia
Active from: 1956-11-24

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Cutoff criteria for fit indexes in covariance structure analysis: Conventional criteria versus new alternatives
· 1999 · cited 85,069x
A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: Development and validation
· 1987 · cited 42,237x
QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,749x
RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials
· 2019 · cited 23,846x
<i>PHENIX</i>: a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution
· 2010 · cited 23,323x

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Image: Peter Gruenberg 01.jpg
Number of children: 3

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Commons category: Peter Grünberg
Erdős number: 8
name in native language: Peter Grünberg
date of birth: 1939-05-18
date of death: 2018-04-07

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Peter Andreas Grünberg ( German: [ˈpeːtɐ ˈɡʁyːnbɛʁk] ; 18 May 1939 – 7 April 2018) was a German physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his discovery with Albert Fert of giant magnetoresistance which brought about a breakthrough in gigabyte hard disk drives.

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