John Michael Kosterlitz (born 22 June 1943) is a British-American physicist, a professor of physics at Brown University and the son of biochemist Hans Kosterlitz. He was awarded a share of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics along with David Thouless and Duncan Haldane for work on condensed matter physics.
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John Michael Kosterlitz (born June 22, 1943) is a British-American physicist. He is a professor of physics at Brown University and the son of biochemist Hans Kosterlitz. He was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in physics along with David Thouless and Duncan Haldane for work on condensed matter physics.
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Born: John Michael Kosterlitz (1943-06-22) June 22, 1943 (age 83) Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Born: John Michael Kosterlitz (1943-06-22) June 22, 1943 (age 83) Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
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He was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in physics along with David Thouless and Duncan Haldane for work on condensed matter physics.
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He was awarded the 1990 Wolf Prize and a laureate of the 2016 Nobel Prize for physics along with F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter.
Associated With: F. Duncan M. Haldane, Lead section, 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics co-laureates
He was awarded the 1990 Wolf Prize and a laureate of the 2016 Nobel Prize for physics along with F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter.
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