Robert B. Laughlin - Nobel Prize in Physics — 1998
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Robert B. Laughlin

Prize
Nobel Prize in Physics — 1998
for their discovery of a new form of quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations
Citizenship
United States United States
Languages
English
date of birth
11/1/1950
place of birth
Visalia
Age
75 years
educated at
  • University of California, Berkeley
    • academic major: mathematics
    • academic degree: Bachelor of Arts
    • end time: 1972
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • academic major: physics
    • academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
    • end time: 1979
  • Redwood High School
employer
  • Bell Labs
  • Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
  • Stanford University
member of
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • National Academy of Sciences
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • American Physical Society
doctoral student
  • Deborah Berebichez
work location
  • Stanford
field of work
  • physics
notable work
  • Effet Hall quantique
occupation
  • physicist
  • university teacher
  • non-fiction writer
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