Leo Kadanoff

GPTKB entity

Statements (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:Oliver_E._Buckley_Condensed_Matter_Prize
gptkb:Wolf_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Lars_Onsager_Prize
gptkbp:birthDate 1937-01-14
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:children gptkb:Jenny_Kadanoff
gptkb:Leah_Kadanoff
gptkbp:deathDate 2016-10-26
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Chicago
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Julian_Seymour_Schwinger
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:John_Cardy
gptkb:James_S._Langer
gptkbp:ethnicity Jewish American
gptkbp:field condensed matter physics
physics
statistical physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Leo Kadanoff
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Kenneth_G._Wilson
gptkb:John_Cardy
gptkb:Nigel_Goldenfeld
gptkbp:knownFor phase transitions
renormalization group
scaling theory
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Physical_Society
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:president gptkb:American_Physical_Society
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:More_is_the_Same:_Phase_Transitions_and_Mean_Field_Theories
Scaling laws for Ising models near Tc
Scaling, universality, and operator algebras
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Chicago
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Georgia_Kadanoff
gptkbp:website https://kadanoff.uchicago.edu/
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:Brown_University
gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkb:University_of_Illinois_Urbana-Champaign
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kenneth_G._Wilson
gptkb:Boltzmann_Medal
gptkb:Kenneth_Wilson
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5