| Date of Birth | 08-June-1936 | |
| Place of Birth |
Waltham (Middlesex County, Massachusetts, New England, North America, Northeast United States, United States of America) |
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| Nationality | United States of America | |
| Also know as | Kenneth Wilson | |
| Profession | Physicist | |
| Kenneth Geddes Wilson 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. It was embodied in his fundamental work on the renormalization group. He was lauded as a giant in theoretical physics by his colleagues. | ||
Awards by Kenneth G. Wilson |
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| Check all the awards nominated and won by Kenneth G. Wilson. | ||
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