Sir Antony Leggett

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
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gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkbp:author gptkb:Quantum_Liquids:_Bose_Condensation_and_Cooper_Pairing_in_Condensed-Matter_Systems
gptkb:The_Problems_of_Physics
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
gptkb:Knight_Bachelor
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkb:Wolf_Prize_in_Physics
gptkbp:birthDate 1938-03-26
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Anthony_James_Leggett
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Derek_Parfit
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Matthew_P._A._Fisher
gptkbp:editor gptkb:Foundations_of_Physics
gptkbp:field physics
gptkbp:honoraryDegree gptkb:University_of_London
gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkb:University_of_St_Andrews
gptkb:University_of_Turin
gptkb:University_of_Waterloo
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Antony Leggett
gptkbp:knownFor superfluidity
theory of superfluid helium-3
quantum mechanics foundations
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:American_Physical_Society
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:nobelLaureateFor pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 2003
gptkbp:religion agnosticism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Urbana,_Illinois,_USA
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Haruko_Kinase
gptkbp:thesisTitle gptkb:Problems_in_the_Theory_of_Many-Body_Systems
gptkbp:thesisYear 1964
gptkbp:website https://physics.illinois.edu/people/directory/profile/aleggett
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:University_of_Illinois_at_Urbana–Champaign
gptkb:University_of_Oxford
gptkb:University_of_Sussex
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