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Also known as G. Parisi, G Parisi, Parisi, Parisi G, Parisi G.

Italian physicist (1948-)

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Giorgio Parisi is an Italian physicist, theoretical physicist, and university teacher born in Rome on August 4, 1948. He is educated at Sapienza University of Rome and has worked at Sapienza University of Rome and Tor Vergata University of Rome. His professional focus includes quantum field theory, statistical mechanics, spin glass, and complex systems. He speaks and writes in Italian and English.

Parisi is a member of the French Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, Academia Europaea, and Academy of Sciences of Turin. He has received the Feltrinelli Prize, Three Physicists Prize, High Energy and Particle Physics Prize, and Max Planck Medal. He is recognized in the Nobel Laureates collection and the Nobel Physics collection.

His notable works include *Spin Glass Theory and Beyond*, *La chiave, la luce e l'ubriaco. Come si muove una ricerca scientifica*, *Theory of Simple Glasses*, and *In a Flight of Starlings*. He is the author of nine works.

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Born
1948
Works
9

Top works

  • Spin Glass Theory and Beyond
  • La chiave, la luce e l'ubriaco. Come si muove una ricerca scientifica
  • Theory of Simple Glasses
  • In a Flight of Starlings
  • Spin glass theory and beyond

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Key facts

Born
( 1948-08-04 ) 4 August 1948 (age 77) , Rome , Italy
Education
Sapienza University ( Laurea )
Known for
Replica trick , Parisi–Sourlas stochastic quantization , Altarelli–Parisi equations , Kardar–Parisi–Zhang equation
Awards
Boltzmann Medal , Italgas Prize , Dirac Medal , Enrico Fermi Prize , Dannie Heineman Prize , Nonino Prize , Microsoft Award , Lagrange Prize , Max Planck Medal , EPS HEPP Prize , Lars Onsager Prize , Pomeranchuk Prize , Wolf Prize , Clarivate Citation Laureates , Nobel Prize in Physics (2021)
Fields
Physics , Statistical mechanics , Quantum field theory
Institutions
Sapienza University , Columbia University , Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques , University of Rome Tor Vergata
Academic advisors
Nicola Cabibbo

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physics2021

    “for the discovery of the interplay of disorder and fluctuations in physical systems from atomic to planetary scales”

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Given name
Giorgio
Gender
male
Citizenship
Italy
Place of birth
Rome
Occupation
scientist
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
theoretical physics
Image
Parisi giorgio.jpg
Work location
Rome
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date of birth
1948-08-04
Commons category
Giorgio Parisi
writing language
English language
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Giorgio Parisi
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Encyclopedic overview

Giorgio Parisi (born 4 August 1948) is an Italian theoretical physicist, whose research has focused on quantum field theory, statistical mechanics and complex systems. His best known contributions are the QCD evolution equations for parton densities, obtained with Guido Altarelli, known as the Altarelli–Parisi or DGLAP equations, the exact solution of the Sherrington–Kirkpatrick model of spin glasses, the Kardar–Parisi–Zhang equation describing dynamic scaling of growing interfaces, and the study of whirling flocks of birds. He was awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Klaus Hasselmann and Syukuro Manabe for groundbreaking contributions to theory of complex systems, in particular "for the discovery of the interplay of disorder and fluctuations in physical systems from atomic to planetary scales".

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