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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:person
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gptkbp:almaMater
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gptkb:Trinity_Hall,_Cambridge
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gptkbp:award
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gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
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gptkbp:awardYear
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2016
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1934-09-21
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gptkbp:birthPlace
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gptkb:Bearsden,_Scotland
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gptkbp:children
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3
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gptkbp:co-laureate
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gptkb:F._Duncan_M._Haldane
gptkb:J._Michael_Kosterlitz
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gptkbp:deathDate
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2019-04-06
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gptkbp:deathPlace
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gptkb:Cambridge,_England
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gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor
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gptkb:Hans_Bethe
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gptkbp:employer
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gptkb:University_of_Birmingham
gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkb:University_of_Washington
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gptkbp:field
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condensed matter physics
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gptkbp:fullName
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gptkb:David_James_Thouless
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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D. J. Thouless
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gptkbp:knownFor
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topological phase transitions
topological phases of matter
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gptkbp:memberOf
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gptkb:Royal_Society
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gptkbp:nationality
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British
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gptkbp:NobelPrizeMotivation
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for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter
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gptkbp:NobelPrizeSharedWith
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1/2
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gptkbp:notableStudent
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gptkb:J._Michael_Kosterlitz
gptkb:John_Chalker
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:physicist
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gptkbp:residence
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gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Margaret_Scrase
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gptkbp:thesisTitle
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The application of perturbation methods to the theory of nuclear matter
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gptkbp:thesisYear
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1958
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Mark_D._Newman
gptkb:Dr._Mark_E._J._Newman
gptkb:Mark_Newman
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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