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Bernd Matthias

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Bernd Matthias · Science & Medicine

What

Physicist; discovered many superconducting and ferroelectric materials

When

1918, Frankfurt, Germany — 1980, La Jolla, California, United States

Where

Germany · United States

Biography

Bernd Matthias is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; discovered many superconducting and ferroelectric materials

How & why

Bernd Teo Matthias was a German-American physicist at Bell Labs and the University of California, San Diego who discovered hundreds of new superconducting and ferroelectric materials and formulated the empirical 'Matthias rules' that guided the search for superconductors for decades. He is listed among Jewish physicists by Jewish biographical reference sources; his religious background is not elaborated in mainstream biographies.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics

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Physicist; discovered many superconducting and ferroelectric materials

1918

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics