Kenneth G. Wilson

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
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gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Dirac_Medal
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Wolf_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Boltzmann_Medal
gptkb:Dannie_Heineman_Prize_for_Mathematical_Physics
gptkbp:birthDate 1936-06-08
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Waltham,_Massachusetts,_USA
gptkbp:deathDate 2013-06-15
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Saco,_Maine,_USA
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Murray_Gell-Mann
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:John_Cardy
gptkb:Michael_Peskin
gptkb:Paul_Ginsparg
gptkb:Roman_Jackiw
gptkb:Steven_R._White
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Cornell_University
gptkb:Ohio_State_University
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:White_American
gptkbp:father gptkb:E._Bright_Wilson
gptkbp:field gptkb:theoretical_physics
condensed matter physics
statistical physics
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Kenneth_Geddes_Wilson
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kenneth G. Wilson
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:John_Cardy
gptkb:Michael_Peskin
gptkb:Paul_Ginsparg
gptkb:Roman_Jackiw
gptkb:Steven_R._White
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Murray_Gell-Mann
gptkb:Leo_Kadanoff
gptkbp:knownFor phase transitions
critical phenomena
renormalization group
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:NobelPrizeMotivation for his theory for critical phenomena in connection with phase transitions
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 1982
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Lattice_gauge_theory
gptkb:Wilson's_renormalization_group_equations
Renormalization group and critical phenomena
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Physical_Review
gptkb:Reviews_of_Modern_Physics
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