John Clarke
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John Clarke

Scientist · born February 10, 1942

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John Clarke is a British experimental physicist and Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He is known for his various works on measurement devices based on superconductivity. Steven Girvin has called Clarke "the godfather of superconducting electronics."

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  1. ~62Received the Hughes Medal2004
  2. ~83Received the Nobel Prize in Physics2025

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