Tom Kibble

GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Albert_Einstein_Medal
gptkb:Dirac_Medal
gptkb:Hughes_Medal
gptkb:Royal_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1932-12-23
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Madras,_British_India
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:coauthor gptkb:Carl_Hagen
gptkb:Gerald_Guralnik
gptkb:Peter_Higgs
gptkb:Robert_Brout
gptkb:François_Englert
gptkbp:deathDate 2016-06-02
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Abdus_Salam
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:David_Olive
gptkb:Michael_Green
gptkbp:education gptkb:Trinity_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Imperial_College_London
gptkbp:field gptkb:theoretical_physics
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Sir_Thomas_Walter_Kibble
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tom Kibble
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:cosmology
condensed matter physics
particle physics
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Higgs_mechanism
gptkb:Kibble-Zurek_mechanism
cosmic strings
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Physical_Society
gptkb:Institute_of_Physics
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Guralnik,_Hagen,_Kibble_paper_(GHK_paper)
gptkb:Higgs_mechanism_paper_(1964)
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Physical_Review_Letters
gptkb:Physics_Letters
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Quaker
gptkbp:residence gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Anne_Allan
gptkbp:title gptkb:Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkb:Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society
Knighthood
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gptkb:Peter_Higgs
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4