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Kenneth Geddes " Ken " Wilson (June 8, 1936 – June 15, 2013) was an American theoretical physicist and a pioneer in leveraging computers for studying particle physics. He was awarded the 1982 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on phase transitions —illuminating the subtle essence of phenomena like melting ice and emerging magnetism.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1982 was awarded to Kenneth G. Wilson "for his theory for critical phenomena in connection with phase transitions"
Jun 15, 2013 · Kenneth G. Wilson The Nobel Prize in Physics 1982 . Born: 8 June 1936, Waltham, MA, USA . Died: 15 June 2013, Saco, ME, USA . Affiliation at the time of the award: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA . Prize motivation: “for his theory for critical phenomena in connection with phase transitions” Prize share: 1/1
Jul 31, 2013 · Nobel-prizewinning physicist who revolutionized theoretical science. Before Kenneth Wilson's work, calculations in particle physics were plagued by infinities. Results came from a workaround ...
Jun 11, 2024 · Kenneth Geddes Wilson was an American physicist who was awarded the 1982 Nobel Prize for Physics for his development of a general procedure for constructing improved theories concerning the transformations of matter called continuous, or second-order, phase transitions.
KENNETH G. WILSON. Laboratory of Nuclear Studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853. 1. Introduction This paper has three parts. The first part is a simplified presentation of the basic ideas of the renormalization group and the expansion applied to critical pheno- mena, following roughly a summary exposition given in 19721.
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Nobel Laureate Kenneth G. Wilson, who joined Ohio State University’s Department of Physics as the Hazel C. Youngberg Trustees Distinguished Professor in 1988, died June 15, 2013 at his home in Maine. He was 77 years old.
Jun 21, 2013 · Kenneth G. Wilson, who was awarded the 1982 Nobel Prize in Physics for showing how to calculate tricky moments like when ice melts or an iron bar loses its magnetism, died on Saturday in Saco, Me.
Jun 18, 2013 · Physics visionary Kenneth G. Wilson, winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize in physics for his research at Cornell, died in Maine June 15 from lymphoma complications. He was 77.
Kenneth G Wilson. I was born 1936 in Waltham, Massachusetts, the son of E. Bright Wilson Jr. and Emily Buckingham Wilson. My father was on the faculty in the Chemistry Department of Harvard University; my mother had one year of graduate work in physics before her marriage.
