The scientist Gerd Binnig

Gerd Binnig

Living place: Germany

Birthday: 20-7-1947 (77 years old)

Global rank: #64298

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Who is The scientist Gerd Binnig?
German physicist who jointly developed a scanning and tunneling microscope, for which he won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics. He was appointed an IBM Fellow in 1987.
Scanning and line microscopy. The tunnel he invented allowed scientists to study individual atoms, a breakthrough for his time.
 
 

Young / Before famous

At only 10 years old, without knowing much about science, he decided to become a physicist.

Family life info

He married Lore Wagler in 1969.

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling The scientist Gerd Binnig?
Ernst Ruska, his partner in the development of the electron microscope, shared his Nobel Prize.

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When was The scientist Gerd Binnig born?
Gerd Binnig birthday 20-7-1947 (at the age of 77).
Where is The scientist Gerd Binnig's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Gerd Binnig was born in Germany. is a The scientist, whose Zodiac is Cancer, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Pig. Gerd Binnig's global rank is 64298 and whose rank is 351 in list of famous The scientist.
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Events in 1947 and 20-7

Events in the world in the birth year of Gerd Binnig

  • Britain nationalizes coal mines (Jan. 1).
  • Peace treaties for Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Finland signed in Paris (Feb. 10).
  • Soviet Union rejects US plan for UN atomic-energy control (March 4).
  • Marshall Plan proposed to help European nations recover economically from World War II (June).
  • India and Pakistan gain independence from Britain (Aug. 15).
  • The Dead Sea Scrolls are discovered at Qumran.

Birthday Gerd Binnig (20-7) in history

  • Day 20-7 year 1810: Colombia declared its independence from Spanish domination.
  • Day 20-7 year 1881: Fugitive Sioux Indian leader Sitting Bull surrendered to federal troops.
  • Day 20-7 year 1951: King Abdullah I of Jordan was assassinated.
  • Day 20-7 year 1960: Sirima Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) became the world's first woman prime minister.
  • Day 20-7 year 1969: Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong was the first man to walk on the Moon.
  • Day 20-7 year 1985: Treasure hunters found the Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de Atocha, which sank off the coast of Key West, Fla., in 1622 during a hurricane. The ship contained over $400 million in coins and silver ingots.
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