David M. Lee (January 20, 1931 - ) is a scientist whose work on low-temperature helium won the Nobel Prize in 1996. General Name, Symbol, Number Helium, He, 2 Atomic mass 4. ... Photographs of Nobel Prize Medals. ...

He was raised in Rye, New York, his parents were children of Jewish immigrants from England and Lithuania. He graduated from Harvard University in 1952 and than joined the U.S. Army. After his army stint, he entered the University of Connecticut where he obtained a Master of Science degree. He entered the PhD program at Yale University in 1955 where he worked under Henry A. Fairbank. After graduating from Yale, he became a professor at Cornell University. Rye, New York is the name of two places in Westchester County, New York. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces which has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... The University of Connecticut, commonly known as UConn, is the State of Connecticuts flagship land-grant university. ... This article is about the institution of higher learning in the United States. ... Cornell University is a private university located in Ithaca, New York, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ...

In 1972, he published his work on Helium-3 superfluidity with Robert C. Richardson and graduate student, Doug Osheroff He also worked on the discovery of nuclear spin waves in spin polarized atomic hydrogen gas with Jack H. Freed. Superfluidity is a phase of matter characterised by the complete absence of viscosity. ...

He received the 1976 Sir Francis Simon Memorial Prize of the British Institute of Physics and the 1981 Oliver Buckley Prize of the American Physical Society along with Doug Osheroff and Robert Richardson for their superfluid 3He work. The trio received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1996 for this work. Lee is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The American Physical Society was founded in 1899 and is the worlds largest organization of physicists. ... The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in the United States is a government-established corporation supporting scientific research. ... The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an organization dedicated to scholarship and the advancement of learning, particularly in areas of political science. ...

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• discovery of superfluidity in helium-3. (http://eraserall.bravehost.com/jokl/lee-autobio.html)