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David J. Thouless
David James Thouless was a British condensed-matter physicist. 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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science · British physicist (1934–2019) · physicist · university teacher · nuclear physicist · also David J. Thouless, David Thouless, David James Thouless, Thouless, D., Thouless, D. J., Thouless
Born 21 September 1934 · Died 6 April 2019 · Q726394
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2016· 4 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (2016).
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Thouless was reported to be suffering from dementia
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In 2016, Thouless was reported to be suffering from dementia.
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded Lars Onsager Prize (2000).
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1993· 1 entry
Won IOP Dirac Medal (1993).
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1990· 1 entry
Awarded Wolf Prize in Physics (1990).
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1984· 1 entry
Awarded Fritz London Award (1984).
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1980· 1 entry
Awarded Holweck Prize (1980).
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1979· 1 entry
A Fellow of the American Physical Society (1986), a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a member of the US National Academy of Sciences (1995)
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1973· 1 entry
Won Maxwell Medal and Prize (1973).
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1934· 1 entry
Born 1934-09-21.
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