Johannes Georg Bednorz is a German physicist who, together with K. Alex Müller, discovered high-temperature superconductivity in ceramics, for which they shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in Physics. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1987, announced October 14, 1987. J. Georg Bednorz and K. Alex Müller, “for their important break-through in the discovery of superconductivity in ceramic materials”. J. Georg Bednorz: born 1950, Neuenkirchen, West Germany (now Germany). K. Alex Müller: born 1927, Basel, Switzerland. Wiki link Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).