Brian Josephson, physicist born in Cardiff, Wales
- Person's Name: Brian Josephson
- Fame as?: Nobel Winning Physicist
- Fame Hilite: Nobel Prize-winning physicist, discoverer of the Josephson effect.
- Birth info: Brian was born on the 4th of January, 1940, in Cardiff.
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Josephson's 1962 prediction of quantum tunnelling between superconductors, made while still a research student, became a foundation of superconducting electronics and remains central to precision measurement and quantum computing today.
- Career Highlights:
- Career Highlight: Predicted the Josephson effect, 1962
- Career Highlight: Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, 1973
- Career Highlight: Emeritus Professor at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge
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- Connection: Born and educated in Cardiff, where he attended Cardiff High School before going on to Cambridge.
- Location String: Cardiff, Wales
- Connection Place Map: 51.4816,-3.1791
Brian David Josephson was born on 4 January 1940 in Cardiff, Wales, and attended Cardiff High School, where his talent for mathematics and science was already clear. He went on to Trinity College, Cambridge, completing his PhD there in 1964, and has spent the great majority of his academic career at Cambridge as a theoretical physicist.
While still a postgraduate student in 1962, Josephson predicted what became known as the 'Josephson effect' — the quantum mechanical phenomenon by which a supercurrent can tunnel...