Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (2004).
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Hugh David Politzer is an American theoretical physicist. He shared the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics with David Gross and Frank Wilczek "for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction".
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Born 31 August 1949 · Q107407
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (2004).
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Awarded High Energy and Particle Physics Prize (2003).
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Was awarded the High Energy Particle Physics Prize of the European Physical Society, jointly with David J
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Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship (1997).
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Appeared in a minor role in the movie Fat Man and Little Boy, as Manhattan Project physicist Robert Serber
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Awarded Sakurai Prize (1986).
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Studied at Harvard University, Doctor of Philosophy (1974).
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Politzer described the phenomenon of asymptotic freedom: the closer quarks are to each other, the weaker the strong interaction will be between them
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Studied at University of Michigan, Bachelor of Science (1969).
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Received his bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Michigan in 1969, and his PhD in 1974 from Harvard University, where his graduate advisor was Sidney Coleman
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Studied at Bronx High School of Science, high school diploma (1966).
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Born 1949-08-31.
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