Frank Wilczek

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Nobel laureate in Physics human theoretical physicist

Frank Wilczek is a Nobel Prize–winning theoretical physicist renowned for his work on quantum chromodynamics, the strong nuclear force, and concepts such as asymptotic freedom and anyons.

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instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Physics → human → theoretical physicist →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Science → PhD in physics →
awardReceived	Dirac Medal → King Faisal International Prize for Science → Lorentz Medal → Nobel Prize in Physics → Sakurai Prize →
coLaureate	David Gross → H. David Politzer →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1951-05-15 →
doctoralAdvisor	David Gross →
educatedAt	Princeton University → University of Chicago →
employer	Arizona State University → Massachusetts Institute of Technology → Stockholm University →
familyName	Wilczek →
fieldOfWork	condensed matter physics → particle physics → quantum chromodynamics → quantum field theory → theoretical physics →
gender	male →
givenName	Frank →
hasWritten	A Beautiful Question → Fundamentals: Ten Keys to Reality → Longing for the Harmonies → The Lightness of Being →
knownFor	anyons → asymptotic freedom → axions → color charge in quantum chromodynamics → quantum chromodynamics → time crystals → work on the strong nuclear force →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → National Academy of Sciences of the United States → Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences →
name	Frank Wilczek →
NobelPrizeCategory	Physics →
NobelPrizeMotivation	for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction →
NobelPrizeYear	2004 →
placeOfBirth	Mineola, New York, United States →
positionHeld	Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at MIT → Professor at Arizona State University → Professor at Stockholm University →

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Frank Wilczek →	name
Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize →	notableRecipient