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Julian Schwinger

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American Theory Quantum Nobel

9.4 Excellent

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Philip W. Anderson

Philip W. Anderson was a prominent American physicist specializing in condensed matter theory. He is particularly recogn...

American Localization Theory Nobel

9.2 Excellent

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John Archibald Wheeler

John Archibald Wheeler was a prominent 20th-century American theoretical physicist. He made significant contributions to...

Modern American Theory Gravity

9.1 Excellent

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Kenneth G. Wilson

Kenneth G. Wilson was a prominent American theoretical physicist renowned for his development of renormalization group t...

American Theory Critical Nobel

9.1 Excellent

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Joseph Polchinski

Joseph Polchinski was a prominent American theoretical physicist specializing in string theory and related areas of mode...

Modern American Theory Strings

9.1 Excellent

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Leonard Susskind

Leonard Susskind is a prominent modern American theoretical physicist. He significantly contributed to our understanding...

Modern American Theory Strings

9.1 Excellent

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James Peebles

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Cosmology Theory Canadian Nobel

9.0 Excellent

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David J. Thouless

David J. Thouless was a British-American physicist whose work on topological phases of matter earned a share of the 2016...

Theory British Topology Nobel

8.7 Great

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Alexei Abrikosov

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Russian Theory Superconductivity Nobel

8.6 Great

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Leon Cooper

Leon Cooper is an American physicist who identified Cooper pairs in 1956 and shared the 1972 Nobel Prize for BCS superco...

American Theory Superconductivity Nobel

8.6 Great

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Nevill Francis Mott

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Theory British Semiconductors Nobel

8.6 Great

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F. Duncan M. Haldane

F. Duncan M. Haldane is a British-American physicist whose theory of topological phases helped win the 2016 Nobel Prize...

Theory British Topology Nobel

8.6 Great

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H. David Politzer

H. David Politzer is an American physicist who shared the 2004 Nobel Prize for the 1973 discovery of asymptotic freedom...

American Theory Nobel Particles

8.6 Great

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J. Michael Kosterlitz

J. Michael Kosterlitz is a British-American physicist who co-described the Kosterlitz-Thouless transition and shared the...

Theory British Topology Nobel

8.5 Great

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John Robert Schrieffer

John Robert Schrieffer was an American physicist who helped create BCS theory of superconductivity and shared the 1972 N...

American Theory Superconductivity Nobel

8.4 Great

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John Hasbrouck Van Vleck

John Hasbrouck Van Vleck was an American physicist called a founder of modern magnetism and shared the 1977 Nobel Prize...

American Theory Nobel Magnetism

8.4 Great

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Roy J. Glauber

Roy J. Glauber was an American physicist who shared the 2005 Nobel Prize for developing the quantum theory of optical co...

American Optics Theory Quantum

8.4 Great

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Horst Ludwig Stormer

Horst Ludwig Stormer is a German-born physicist who shared the 1998 Nobel Prize for discovering the fractional quantum H...

German Experimental Nobel Condensed

8.2 Great

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Daniel C. Tsui

Daniel C. Tsui is a Chinese-born American physicist who shared the 1998 Nobel Prize for discovering the fractional quant...

Experimental Chinese Nobel Condensed

8.2 Great

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Shirley Ann Jackson

Shirley Ann Jackson is an American physicist who earned an MIT PhD in 1973 and chaired the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commi...

Modern American Theory Particles

7.2 Good