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| Philip Warren Anderson | |
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| Born | December 13, 1923 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | March 29, 2020 (aged 96) Princeton, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Nationality | United States |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Bell Laboratories Princeton University Cambridge University |
| Alma mater | Harvard University U.S. Naval Research Laboratory |
| Doctoral advisor | John Hasbrouck van Vleck |
| Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Physics (1977) National Medal of Science (1982) |
Anderson was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was raised in Urbana, Illinois. Anderson studied at Harvard University.
Anderson was an atheist[2] and was one of 22 Nobel Laureates who signed the Humanist Manifesto.[3]
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1977 and the National Medal of Science in 1982.
Anderson died on March 29, 2020 in Princeton, New Jersey, aged 96.[4]
References
- ↑ Horgan, J. (1994) Profile: Philip W. Anderson – Gruff Guru of Condensed Matter Physics, Scientific American 271(5), 34-35.
- ↑ Anderson, Philip W. (2011). "Imaginary Friend, Who Art in Heaven". More and Different: Notes from a Thoughtful Curmudgeon. World Scientific. p. 177. . "We atheists can, as he does, argue that, with the modern revolution in attitudes toward homosexuals, we have become the only group that may not reveal itself in normal social discourse.".
- ↑ "Notable Signers". Humanism and Its Aspirations. American Humanist Association. http://www.americanhumanist.org/Humanism/Humanist_Manifesto_III/Notable_Signers. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
- ↑ 20世纪物理学巨人、诺奖得主菲利普安德森逝世，享年96岁 (in Chinese)
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