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Peter Grünberg
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Peter Grünberg was born on May 18, 1939, and died on April 7, 2018. He had three children. His Erdős number was 8.
Grünberg received one Nobel Prize. He is recognized in the Nobel Laureates collection and the Nobel Physics collection.
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physics2007
“for the discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance”
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Wikidata facts
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- human
- Given name
- Peter
- Family name
- Grünberg
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Plzeň
- Place of death
- Jülich
- Occupation
- researcher
- Position held
- professor
- Educated at
- University of Cologne
- Languages spoken
- German
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Natural Sciences
- Field of work
- Nobel Prize
- Image
- Peter Gruenberg 01.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
- Work location
- Cologne
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Life and career
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