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Born February 28, 1930 • New York City • New York
Died October 23, 2024 (aged 94) • Providence • Rhode Island
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (1972)
Subjects Of Study BCS theory • Cooper electron pair
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Ivar Giaever, 1966.
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Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
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Enrico Fermi
Enrico Fermi
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Richard Feynman
Richard Feynman
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Wolfgang Pauli, 1945.
Wolfgang Pauli
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John F. Clauser
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Steven Chu.
Steven Chu
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John J. Hopfield
John J. Hopfield
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Percy Williams Bridgman
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