Nobel Prize in Physics 2016
The Nobel Prize 2016:
Nobel Prize in Physics 2016:
Winners
1.David J. Thouless
2.Duncan Haldane
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2016 was divided, one-half awarded to David J. Thouless, the other half jointly to F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz "for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter".
David J. Thouless
Born: 21 September 1934, Bearsden, United Kingdom
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Prize motivation: "for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter"
Prize share: 1/2
F. Duncan M. Haldane
Born: 14 September 1951, London, United Kingdom
Affiliation at the time of the award: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
Prize motivation: "for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter"
Prize share: 1/4
J. Michael Kosterlitz
Born: 22 June 1942, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Affiliation at the time of the award: Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Prize motivation: "for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter"
Prize share: 1/4
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