K. Alex Müller, Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Karl Alexander Müller (born April 20, 1927) is a Swiss physicist and Nobel laureate. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1987 with Georg Bednorz for their work in superconductivity in ceramic materials.
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1927Apr, 20
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Events on 1927
- 10Jan
Metropolis (1927 film)
Fritz Lang's futuristic film Metropolis is released in Germany. - 23Feb
Uncertainty principle
German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg writes a letter to fellow physicist Wolfgang Pauli, in which he describes his uncertainty principle for the first time. - 5May
Virginia Woolf
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf is first published. - 27May
Ford Model T
The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A. - 26Jun
Coney Island
The Cyclone roller coaster opens on Coney Island.