Kenneth G. Wilson

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Kenneth_G._Wilson

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gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:California_Institute_of_Technology 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
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
gptkbp:residence	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Alison_Brown
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Kenneth G. Wilson