Physicist
Ivar Giæver
Electron tunnelling in superconductors, found while he was still a student.
Ivar Giaever was a Norwegian-American experimental physicist who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics with Leo Esaki and Brian Josephson. One half of the prize was jointly awarded to Esaki and Giaever "for their experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and superconductors, respectively."
- Born
- 1929-04-05, Bergen, NorwayA Friday
- Died
- 2025-06-20, Schenectady, USAA Friday, aged 96
- At birth
- Sun in Aries, Moon in Aquarius
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1929-04-05, Bergen, Norway · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Oslothe zone used then
Europe/OsloThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 15°10′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aquarius | 20°29′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 2°52′ | Direct |
| Venus | Taurus | 7°13′ | Retrograde |
| Mars | Cancer | 10°47′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 14°08′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 0°30′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 7°47′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Leo | 28°54′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 16°12′ | Direct |
Death Chart
2025-06-20, Schenectady, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 29°34′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aries | 24°03′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Cancer | 21°09′ | Direct |
| Venus | Taurus | 14°52′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 1°51′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 2°27′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 1°30′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Taurus | 29°11′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Aries | 2°07′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Aquarius | 3°20′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Ivar Giæver was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.