My own beliefs are that the road to a scientific discovery is seldom direct, and that it does not necessarily require great expertise. In fact, I am … - Ivar Giæver

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My own beliefs are that the road to a scientific discovery is seldom direct, and that it does not necessarily require great expertise. In fact, I am convinced that often a newcomer to a field has a great advantage because he is ignorant and does not know all the complicated reasons why a particular experiment should not be attempted.

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About Ivar Giæver

Ivar Giaever (April 5, 1929 – June 20, 2025) was a Norwegian physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973 with Leo Esaki and Brian Josephson "for their discoveries regarding tunnelling phenomena in solids."

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Native Name: Ivar Giaever
Alternative Names: I. Giaever I Giaever Giaever Giaever I Giaever I.
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