Philip Warren Anderson
Also known as Philip Anderson, P. W. Anderson, P. Anderson
American physicist (1923-2020)
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Philip W. Anderson was an American physicist who made groundbreaking contributions to understanding how electrons behave in materials, work that fundamentally advanced the field of condensed matter physics. His discoveries helped explain important properties of metals, semiconductors, and magnetic materials, earning him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1977 and establishing him as one of the most influential physicists of the 20th century.
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- Career in Theoretical Physics, A. World Scientific Series in 20th Century Physics, Volume 35
- Career in Theoretical Phy... . (2ed) (V35)
- Career in Theoretical Physics
- A preliminary analysis of differential characteristics between high and low mobile medical school faculty
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1923 births2020 deaths21st-century American physicistsAmerican AtheistsAmerican fellows of the Royal SocietyAmerican Go playersAmerican Nobel laureatesAmerican theoretical physicistsFellows of Churchill College, CambridgeFellows of Jesus College, CambridgeFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesForeign fellows of the Indian National Science Academy