When was Brian Josephson born?

Brian Josephson was born on 4 January 1940 in Cardiff.

Where did Brian Josephson study?

Brian Josephson was educated at Trinity College, University of Cambridge, Cardiff High School.

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Brian Josephson

Welsh physicist

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Brian David Josephson (born 4 January 1940) is a British theoretical physicist and emeritus professor at the University of Cambridge. He won the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his theoretical predictions of the properties of a supercurrent through a tunnel barrier, in particular those phenomena which are generally known as the Josephson effects."

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Born: 4 January 1940 wd
Place of birth: Cardiff wd
Citizenship: United Kingdom wd
Occupation: physicist, university teacher wd
Education: Trinity College, University of Cambridge, Cardiff High School wd
Official website: tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk/~bdj10 wd

Awards wd

Fellow of the Royal Society
Nobel Prize in Physics (1973)
Elliott Cresson Medal (1972)
Holweck Prize (1973)
Hughes Medal (1972)
Faraday Medal (1982)
Fritz London Award (1970)
Fellow of the Institute of Physics
Guthrie Medal and Prize (1972)
Faraday Medal and Prize

About

Josephson has spent his academic career as a member of the Theory of Condensed Matter Group in Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory. He has been a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, since 1962, and served as Professor of Physics from 1974 until 2007.

In the early 1970s, Josephson took up Transcendental Meditation and turned his attention to issues outside the boundaries of mainstream science. He set up the Mind–Matter Unification Project at the Cavendish to explore the idea of intelligence in nature, the relationship between quantum mechanics and consciousness and the synthesis of science and Eastern mysticism, broadly known as quantum mysticism. He has expressed support for topics such as parapsychology, water memory and cold fusion, which has made him a focus of criticism from fellow scientists.

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When was Brian Josephson born?: Brian Josephson was born on 4 January 1940 in Cardiff.
Where did Brian Josephson study?: Brian Josephson was educated at Trinity College, University of Cambridge, Cardiff High School.

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