Heinrich Rohrer

Heinrich Rohrer

Heinrich Rohrer (6 June 1933 – 16 May 2013) was a Swiss physicist who shared half of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics with Gerd Binnig for th...

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The Saga of Heinrich Rohrer

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Profile & Early Foundations

Heinrich Rohrer (6 June 1933 – 16 May 2013) was a Swiss physicist who shared half of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics with Gerd Binnig for the design of the scanning tunneling microscope (STM).

THE JOURNEY & BREAKTHROUGHS

Major Works & Significant Milestones

The other half of the Prize was awarded to Ernst Ruska.

Key Milestone & Career Defining Moment

The other half of the Prize was awarded to Ernst Ruska.

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SUCCESS & ENDURING LEGACY

Honours, Standing & Enduring Legacy

The Heinrich Rohrer Medal is presented triennially by the Surface Science Society of Japan with IBM Research – Zurich, Swiss Embassy in Japan, and Ms.

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