Awarded honorary doctorate of Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava (2012).
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Douglas Osheroff
Douglas Dean Osheroff is an American physicist known for his work in experimental condensed matter physics, in particular for his co-discovery of superfluidity in Helium-3. For his contributions he shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics along with David Lee and Robert C. Richardson. Osheroff is currently the J. G. Jackson and C. J. Wood Professor of Physics, emeritus, at Stanford University.
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Born 1 August 1945 · Q206405
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2001· 1 entry
Awarded Continuing Bass University Fellow in Undergraduate Education (2001).
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award (1998).
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1996· 2 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for their discovery of superfluidity in helium-3.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (1996).
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1987· 1 entry
Moved to the Departments of Physics and Applied Physics at Stanford University, where he also served as department chair from 1993 to 1996
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1981· 2 entries
Awarded Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize (1981).
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Awarded MacArthur Fellows Program (1981).
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1976· 1 entry
Awarded Simon Memorial Prize (1976).
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1967· 1 entry
From Caltech, where he attended lectures by Richard Feynman and did undergraduate research for Gerry Neugebauer
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1945· 1 entry
Born 1945-08-01.
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