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His theories are widely used in the field of quantum optics. In statistical physics he pioneered the study of the dynamics of first-order phase transitions, since he first defined and investigated the stochastic dynamics of an Ising model in a paper published in 1963.","summary_more":["He served on the National Advisory Board of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, the research arm of Council for a Livable World."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1 September 1925","date":"1925-09-01"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64188#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"New York City","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64188#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"26 December 2018","date":"2018-12-26"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64188#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Newton","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49196"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64188#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"United States","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64188#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"physicist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q169470"},{"text":"university teacher","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1622272"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64188#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Harvard University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13371"},{"text":"Bronx High School of Science","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q751612"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q64188#P69"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Guggenheim Fellowship","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1316544"},{"text":"Nobel Prize in Physics","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38104","date":"2005"},{"text":"Albert A. 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