Anthony Leggett

GPTKB entity

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gptkb:physicist
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gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkb:University_of_Oxford_(DPhil)
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkb:Knight_Bachelor
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Wolf_Prize_in_Physics
gptkbp:birthDate 1938-03-26
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Anthony_James_Leggett
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Donald_A._Edwards
gptkbp:field condensed matter physics
physics
gptkbp:honoraryDegree gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkb:University_of_St_Andrews
gptkb:University_of_Waterloo
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Anthony Leggett
gptkbp:knownFor superfluidity
theory of superfluid helium-3
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Physical_Society
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
British
gptkbp:NobelPrizeMotivation pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids
gptkbp:NobelPrizeSharedWith gptkb:Alexei_Abrikosov
gptkb:Vitaly_Ginzburg
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 2003
gptkbp:positionHeld John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Chair Professor
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Quantum_Liquids:_Bose_Condensation_and_Cooper_Pairing_in_Condensed-Matter_Systems
gptkb:The_Problems_of_Physics
gptkbp:religion agnostic
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Urbana,_Illinois
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Haruko_Kinase
gptkbp:website https://physics.illinois.edu/people/directory/profile/aleggett
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana–Champaign
gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkb:University_of_Sussex
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gptkb:University_of_Illinois_Urbana-Champaign
gptkb:University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana–Champaign
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