László Tisza
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László Tisza (July 7, 1907 – April 15, 2009) was a Hungarian-born American physicist who was Professor of Physics Emeritus at MIT. He was a colleague of famed physicists Edward Teller, Lev Landau and Fritz London, and initiated the two-fluid theory of liquid helium.[1]
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László Tisza | |
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Born | July 7, 1907 |
Died | April 15, 2009(2009-04-15) (aged 101) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Alma mater | University of Budapest University of Göttingen Leipzig University |
Known for | Microscopic theory of the superfluid component of liquid helium |
Awards | Fellow, American Physical Society Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences Guggenheim Fellow |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Theoretical physics Quantum mechanics Thermodynamics |
Institutions | Kharkiv Theoretical Physics School Collège de France Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Doctoral students | Martin J. Klein Herbert Callen |
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