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Philip Warren Anderson

Memorial Page for Philip Warren Anderson

Dec 13, 1923 – Mar 29, 2020(96 years)Died in:Princeton, Mercer County

American physicist

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Awards(10)

Nobel Prize in PhysicsHarvard Centennial MedalOliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter PrizeNational Medal of ScienceDannie Heineman PrizeJohn Bardeen PrizeGuthrie Medal and PrizeFellow of the American Academy of Arts and Scienceshonorary doctor of the Tsinghua UniversityForeign Member of the Royal Society

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Harvard UniversityUniversity Laboratory High School

Philip W. Anderson (* December 13, 1923 in Indianapolis; † March 29, 2020 in Princeton) was an american physicist. He was 96 years old. His education included Harvard University and University Laboratory High School. His faith was atheism. He received 10 awards, including Nobel Prize in Physics, Harvard Centennial Medal. He was buried at Princeton Cemetery.

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Born in Indianapolis, Marion County

1923

Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize

1964

University of Cambridge

1967

until 1975

Dannie Heineman Prize

1975

Princeton University

1975

Nobel Prize in Physics

1977

Guthrie Medal and Prize

1978

Foreign Member of the Royal Society

1980

National Medal of Science

1982

John Bardeen Prize

1997

honorary doctor of the Tsinghua University

2007

Died in Princeton, Mercer County

2020

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Philip Warren Anderson. Forever remembered.