Philip Anderson

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Philip Anderson was a Nobel Prize–winning American physicist renowned for his pioneering work in condensed matter physics and the theory of localization.

Aliases (2)
  • Philip W. Anderson ×3
  • Philip Warren Anderson ×1

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instanceOf Nobel laureate in Physics
human
physicist
theoretical physicist
awardReceived National Medal of Science
Nobel Prize in Physics
Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize
birthName Philip Warren Anderson
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
educatedAt Harvard University
employer Bell Labs
Princeton University
University of Cambridge
familyName Anderson
fieldOfWork condensed matter physics
localization theory
magnetism
solid-state physics
superconductivity
theoretical physics
gender male
givenName Philip
influenced modern condensed matter physics
particle physics
statistical mechanics
theory of high-temperature superconductivity
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Sciences
Royal Society
notableAchievement development of the concept of Anderson localization
fundamental work on the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems
pioneering contributions to the theory of condensed matter
notableWork Anderson localization
resonating valence bond theory
theory of antiferromagnetism
theory of localization in disordered systems
occupation physicist

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Cavendish Laboratory
associatedWithPerson
Philip Anderson ("Philip Warren Anderson")
birthName
Santa Fe Institute ("Philip W. Anderson")
hasFounder
Wolf Prize in Physics ("Philip W. Anderson")
hasLaureate
Comstock Prize in Physics ("Philip W. Anderson")
notableRecipient

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