Well worth watching, and a man worth hearing.
Nobel laureate Ivar Giaever
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1973
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1973 was divided, one half jointly to Leo Esaki and Ivar Giaever "for their experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and superconductors, respectively" and the other half to Brian David Josephson "for his theoretical predictions of the properties of a supercurrent through a tunnel barrier, in particular those phenomena which are generally known as the Josephson effects".
(btw - this was a VERY important discovery. Ever hear of Josephson junctions ? *w*)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCy_UOjEir0&feature=em-subs_digest-vrecs
Electronic circuits can be built from Josephson junctions, especially digital logic circuitry. Many researchers are working on building ultrafast computers using Josephson logic. Josephson junctions can also be fashioned into circuits called SQUIDs--an acronym for superconducting quantum interference device. These devices are extremely sensitive and very useful in constructing extremely sensitive magnetometers and voltmeters. For example, one can make a voltmeter that can measure picovolts. That's about 1,000 times more sensitive than other available voltmeters.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-are-josephson-juncti/
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