Brian Josephson
Brian Josephson · Science & Medicine
Physicist; predicted the Josephson effect in superconductors, Nobel Prize 1973
1940, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
United Kingdom · University of Cambridge
Brian Josephson is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physicist; predicted the Josephson effect in superconductors, Nobel Prize 1973
Josephson, born into a Welsh Jewish family in Cardiff, made his landmark discovery as a 22-year-old graduate student at Cambridge. Working through the quantum theory of superconductivity, he predicted that a supercurrent could tunnel across a thin insulating barrier between two superconductors — the Josephson effect. Confirmed experimentally soon after and honored with the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics, the effect underpins SQUID magnetometers, ultra-precise voltage standards and superconducting qubits.
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Physicist; predicted the Josephson effect in superconductors, Nobel Prize 1973
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics
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