When was Robert B. Laughlin born?

Robert B. Laughlin was born on 1 November 1950 in Visalia.

Where did Robert B. Laughlin study?

Robert B. Laughlin was educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, Berkeley, Redwood High School.

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Robert B. Laughlin

American physicist

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Robert Betts Laughlin (born November 1, 1950) is an American physicist. He is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Stanford University. Along with Horst L. Störmer of Columbia University and Daniel C. Tsui of Princeton University, he was awarded a share of the 1998 Nobel Prize in physics for their explanation of the fractional quantum Hall effect.

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Born: 1 November 1950 wd
Place of birth: Visalia wd
Citizenship: United States wd
Occupation: physicist, university teacher, non-fiction writer wd
Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, Berkeley, Redwood High School wd
Official website: profiles.stanford.edu/robert-laughlin wd

Awards wd

Nobel Prize in Physics (1998)
Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize (1986)
Onsager Medal
Fellow of the American Physical Society
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award (1984)
Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics (1998)

About

In 1983, Laughlin was first to provide a many body wave function, now known as the Laughlin wavefunction, for the fractional quantum Hall effect, which was able to correctly explain the fractionalized charge observed in experiments. This state has since been interpreted as the integer quantum Hall effect of the composite fermion.

His 2017 paper, "Pumped thermal grid storage with heat exchange" inspired Project Malta at Google X and subsequently Malta inc.

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When was Robert B. Laughlin born?: Robert B. Laughlin was born on 1 November 1950 in Visalia.
Where did Robert B. Laughlin study?: Robert B. Laughlin was educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, Berkeley, Redwood High School.

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