American physicist (1923-2020) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Philip Warren Anderson (December 13, 1923 – March 29, 2020) was an American physicist. Anderson created and helped prove theories such as localization, antiferromagnetism, symmetry breaking, high-temperature superconductivity. He wrote many things about the emergent phenomena.[1]
Philip Warren Anderson | |
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Born | |
Died | March 29, 2020 96) Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. | (aged
Nationality | United States |
Alma mater | Harvard University U.S. Naval Research Laboratory |
Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics (1977) National Medal of Science (1982) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | Bell Laboratories Princeton University Cambridge University |
Doctoral advisor | John Hasbrouck van Vleck |
Anderson was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was raised in Urbana, Illinois. Anderson studied at Harvard University.
Anderson was an atheist[2] and was one of 22 Nobel Laureates who signed the Humanist Manifesto.[3]
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1977 and the National Medal of Science in 1982.
Anderson died on March 29, 2020 in Princeton, New Jersey, aged 96.[4]
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