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"I Am The Smartest Man I Know": A Nobel Laureate's Difficult Journey

Name: "I Am The Smartest Man I Know": A Nobel Laureate's Difficult Journey
ISBN: 9789813109193

A Nobel Laureate's Difficult Journey

Ivar Giaever,

280 pages
English
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"I Am The Smartest Man I Know": A Nobel Laureate's Difficult Journey

A Nobel Laureate's Difficult Journey

Ivar Giaever,

About this book

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A unique individual with a fascinating life story, Ivar Giaever is a scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Experimental Physics in 1973. In his own words, Giaever relates an absorbing tale of how important luck and good fortune have been in shaping his life. He narrates the story of an ordinary childhood in Norway and an unremarkable undergraduate career at university. After finishing his engineering degree, he served in the Norwegian army and married his childhood sweetheart, Inger Skramstad. His desire to make a better life for his new family led Ivar to Canada and then to the United States. Even without an advanced degree in a scientific field, Ivar was given the opportunity to work with cutting-edge scientific researchers at General Electric R&D in Schenectady, New York. While there, he completed his PhD at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute — one of the United States' oldest technological universities. His work on superconductivity led to worldwide recognition and the Nobel Prize. This memoire is more than the story of an accomplished, world-renowned scientist: it is an engaging reminiscence of an independent, highly creative thinker and problem solver who loves games and puzzles, skiing and windsurfing, and time with friends and family. Dr Ivar Giaever's fascinating story intertwines his views on the nature of science, scientific processes, contemporary issues such as global warming, and the great benefits the Nobel Prize has afforded him. Written with humor and often tongue-in-cheek, "I am the Smartest Man I know" is one man's meditation on science, intellectual inquiry, and life itself.

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Introduction
Growing up in Norway
The German Occupation
Attending University (NTH)
Adulthood in Norway
Emigration to Canada
Emigration to the USA
Norwegian Vacation
GE Research Laboratory
Friends at Laboratory
My Trip to Moscow
More Research
Sabbatical Leave in England
Back in the USA
Receiving the Nobel Prize
My First Trip to China
Working in Biology
Coolidge Fellowship
Back at GE
University of Oslo
Applied Biophysics
Korea
Lindau
Sports as an Adult
In Business
Today

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Readership: Students and the general public interested in science and entrepreneurship.
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