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
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- A preliminary analysis of differential characteristics between high and low mobile medical school faculty
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Philip Warren Anderson (Indianápolis, 13 de dezembro de 1923 – Princeton, 29 de março de 2020) foi um físico estadunidense. Recebeu o Nobel de Física de 1977, por estudos teóricos fundamentais das estruturas eletrónicas magnéticas e de sistemas desordenados. Foi um dos que assinaram uma petição para o presidente Barack Obama em 2015 para que o Governo Federal dos Estados Unidos fizesse um pacto de desarmamento nuclear e de não-agressão. Morreu no dia 29 de março de 2020, aos 96 anos.
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