The Nobel Prize in Physics 1987
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J. Georg Bednorz
Prize share: 1/2
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K. Alexander Müller
Prize share: 1/2
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1987 was awarded jointly to J. Georg Bednorz and K. Alexander Müller "for their important break-through in the discovery of superconductivity in ceramic materials."
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