Nicholas Kurti
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British physicist
Hungarian-born British physicist
academic
low-temperature physicist
physicist
professor
science popularizer
Nicholas Kurti was a Hungarian-born British physicist renowned for his pioneering work in low-temperature physics and for popularizing the scientific principles behind cooking.
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| Nicholas Kurti canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
British physicist
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Hungarian-born British physicist ⓘ academic ⓘ low-temperature physicist ⓘ physicist ⓘ professor ⓘ science popularizer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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Rumford Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Miklós Mór Kürti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| coFounderOf | International Workshop on Molecular and Physical Gastronomy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coinedTerm | molecular gastronomy ⓘ |
| coinedTermWith | Hervé This NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1908-05-14 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1998-11-24 ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Werner Heisenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Budapest
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University of Leipzig ⓘ |
| employer | University of Oxford ⓘ |
| era | 20th century ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Hungarian ⓘ |
| familyName | Kurti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cryogenics
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food science ⓘ low-temperature physics ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| givenName | Nicholas ⓘ |
| honorificTitle | FRS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
early contributions to molecular gastronomy
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pioneering work in low-temperature physics ⓘ popularizing the scientific principles behind cooking ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Hungarian ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Society ⓘ |
| name | Nicholas Kurti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableQuote | It is a sad reflection on our civilization that while we can and do measure the temperature in the atmosphere of Venus, we do not know what goes on inside our soufflés. ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Budapest ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Professor of Low Temperature Physics at the University of Oxford
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Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
adiabatic demagnetization
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nuclear orientation at low temperatures ⓘ |
| residence | Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Gina Kurti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workplace | Clarendon Laboratory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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