Brian David Josephson
Brian David Josephson, FRS[1] (born 4 January 1940; Cardiff, Wales[2]) is a Welsh physicist who became a Nobel laureate in 1973.[2][3] He is of Jewish descent.[4]
Brian Josephson | |
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| File:Brian Josephson, March 2004.jpg | |
| Born | 4 January 1940
(aged 86) |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Known for | His work in condensed matter physics, Josephson effect |
| Awards | Nobel Prize for Physics (1973) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge, Trinity College, Cambridge |
As of late 2007, he was a retired professor at the University of Cambridge, where he is the head of the Mind–Matter Unification Project in the Theory of Condensed Matter (TCM) research group. He is also a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.[5]
Josephson is one of the more well-known scientists who say that parapsychological phenomena may be real, and is also interested in the possibility that Eastern mysticism may have relevance to scientific understanding. In 2005, Josephson said that "parapsychology should now have become a conventional field of research, and yet parapsychology's claims are still not generally accepted". He compared this situation to that of Alfred Wegener's hypothesis of continental drift, where there was initially great resistance to acceptance despite the strength of the evidence.[6]
Brian David Josephson Media
One-volt NIST Josephson junction array standard with 3020 superconducting junctions
The Cavendish Laboratory unveiled a plaque on the Mond Building in November 2012 for the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the Josephson effect
Josephson on a Cambridge Wikimedia walk in September 2014
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