Kenneth Wilson

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:physicist
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,_United_States
gptkbp:deathDate 2013-06-15
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Saco,_Maine,_United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Murray_Gell-Mann
gptkbp:field physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kenneth Wilson
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Michael_Fisher
gptkb:John_Cardy
gptkb:Leo_Kadanoff
gptkb:David_J._Thouless
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Murray_Gell-Mann
gptkbp:knownFor phase transitions
critical phenomena
renormalization group
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Physical_Society
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:notableStudent gptkb:Paul_Mackenzie
gptkb:John_Cardy
gptkb:Michael_Peskin
gptkb:Paul_Ginsparg
gptkb:Steven_R._White
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Alison_Brown
gptkbp:thesisTitle gptkb:An_Investigation_of_the_Low-Lying_Energy_Levels_of_the_Light_Nuclei
gptkbp:thesisYear 1961
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:Cornell_University
gptkb:Ohio_State_University
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:William_Bardeen
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4