Biographies for:
Philip W Anderson
Paul CW Davies
Brian Greene
Gerard 't Hooft
Walter Kohn
Robert B Laughlin
Douglas D Osheroff
Prof. Philip W Anderson (Princeton)
Nobel laureate, Physics
Few in the
history of modern science have had as broad an impact as
Phil Anderson. His Nobel prize was awarded for work on
solid-state physics, but he also decisively influenced
elementary particle physics (the 'Anderson- Higgs
boson'), quantum chemistry, and the theory of 'complex
systems'. His work on complex networks, including
'glassy' systems, has influenced fields from mathematics
all the way to biology and economics.
Anderson has also been a prominent spokesman in the USA, Europe, and Asia, on public policy, and on the way science is done. His article "More is Different', emphasizing 'emergence', had a huge impact on the way science is viewed by scientists, philosophers, and by those determining public policy.
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University of British Columbia
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Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, Canada