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Also Known As Karl Alexander Müller
Born April 20, 1927 • Basel • Switzerland
Died January 9, 2023 (aged 95) • Zürich • Switzerland
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1987)
Subjects Of Study superconductivity

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