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“If you want to do good research, it's important not to know too much. This almost sounds contradictory but really if you know too much and you get an idea, you will sort of talk yourself out of trying it because you figure it won't work. But if you know just the right amount and you get enthusiastic about your project, you go ahead, you do it and if you're lucky things'll work out.”

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Ivar Giaever
Ivar Giaever

Ivar Giaever is a renowned physicist born on April 5, 1929. He achieved significant accomplishments in the field of low-temperature physics, particularly in the study of superconductivity and superfluidity. Giaever was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973 for his contributions to the theory of superconductivity. more

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