David J. Thouless

David J. Thouless
Rođenje (1934-09-21) 21. septembar 1934.

David James Thouless FRS[1][2] (/ˈθaʊlɛs/; 21. septembar 1934. – 6. april 2019.[3][4][5]) bio je britanski fizičar kondenzirane materije.[6] Dobitnik je Wolfove nagrade 1990. i Nobelove nagrade za fiziku 2016. zajedno sa Duncanom Haldaneom i J. Michaelom Kosterlitzom za teorijska otkrića topoloških faznih prijelaza i topoloških faza materije.[7]

Obrazovanje

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Rođen 21. septembra 1934. u Bearsdenu u Škotskoj[8] od roditelja Engleza, Priscille (Gorton) Thouless, profesorice engleskog, i psihologa i emitera Roberta Thoulessa,[9] David Thouless školovao se na koledžu Winchester i stekao diplomu iz područja umjetnosti. Diplomirao je prirodne nauke na Univerzitetu u Cambridgeu kao student dodiplomskog studija Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Doktorirao je na Univerzitetu Cornell,[10] gdje mu je Hans Bethe bio savjetnik za doktorske studije.[11]

Lični život

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Oženio se s Margaret Elizabeth Scrase 1958. i imali su troje djece. Godine 2016. objavljeno je da Thouless pati od demencije.[12] Umro je 6. aprila 2019. u Cambridgeu.[4]

Reference

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  1. ^ Anon (1979). "Professor David Thouless FRS". London: royalsociety.org. Arhivirano s originala, 17. 11. 2015. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where:

    All text published under the heading 'Biography' on Fellow profile pages is available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License." –"Royal Society Terms, conditions and policies". Arhivirano s originala 25. 9. 2015. Pristupljeno 9. 3. 2016.CS1 održavanje: bot: nepoznat status originalnog URL-a (link)

  2. ^ Leggett, Anthony J. (2022). "David James Thouless. 21 September 1934—6 April 2019". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 72.
  3. ^ ",". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) (Pretplata potrebna)
  4. ^ a b "Professor David Thouless 1934–2019". Trinity Hall, Cambridge. 6. 4. 2019. Pristupljeno 8. 4. 2019.
  5. ^ "David J. Thouless Facts". Nobel Prize.org. Pristupljeno 13. 10. 2020.
  6. ^ "Physicist Thouless to give two talks at Lab". Arhivirano s originala 15. 10. 2006. Pristupljeno 4. 10. 2016.CS1 održavanje: bot: nepoznat status originalnog URL-a (link), Los Alamos National Laboratory
  7. ^ The international who's who 1991–92. Europa Publ. 25. 7. 1991. ISBN 9780946653706 – preko Google Books.
  8. ^ Sturrock, Laura (5. 10. 2016). "Bearsden scientist is awarded Nobel prize in Physics". Kirkintilloch Herald. Pristupljeno 6. 10. 2016.
  9. ^ David Thouless, 84, Dies; Nobel Laureate Cast Light on Matter New York Times, 2019-04-22.
  10. ^ Thouless, David James (1958). The application of perturbation methods to the theory of nuclear matter (PhD thesis). Cornell University. OCLC 745509629.
  11. ^ Lee, Sabine (8. 4. 2011). From Nuclei to Stars: Festschrift in Honor of Gerald E. Brown. World Scientific. ISBN 9789814329880 – preko Google Books.
  12. ^ Knapton, Sarah (4. 10. 2016). "British scientists win Nobel prize in physics for work so baffling it had to be described using bagels". The Telegraph. Pristupljeno 24. 9. 2017.