Hugh David Politzer - Nobel Prize in Physics — 2004
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Hugh David Politzer

Prize
Nobel Prize in Physics — 2004
for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction
Citizenship
United States United States
Languages
English
date of birth
8/31/1949
place of birth
New York City
Age
77 years
educated at
  • University of Michigan
    • academic major: physics
    • academic degree: Bachelor of Science
    • end time: 1969
  • Harvard University
    • academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
    • academic major: physics
    • end time: 1974
  • Bronx High School of Science
    • academic degree: high school diploma
    • end time: 1966
notable work
  • quantum chromodynamics
field of work
  • physics
member of
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • American Physical Society
occupation
  • physicist
  • university teacher
  • nuclear physicist
  • theoretical physicist
employer
  • California Institute of Technology
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