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Encyclopedia > Kenneth Wilson

Kenneth Geddes Wilson (born June 8, 1936) is an American physicist.


As an undergraduate at Harvard, he was a Putnam Fellow. As professor at Cornell University, Wilson was awarded the 1982 Nobel Prize in Physics for developing a theory of second-order phase transitions in matter that accounts for effects on neighboring molecules.


An even more important insight was Wilson's answer to the question: "What is quantum field theory?" Kenneth Wilson developed the philosophy and techniques of renormalization group.


Dr. Wilson is currently faculty at The Ohio State University.


External link

  • Kenneth G. Wilson (http://www.nobel-winners.com/Physics/kenneth_geddes_wilson.html)
  • Kenneth G. Wilson's Homepage (http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~kgw/kgw.html)

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Kenneth Geddes Wilson (born June 8, 1936) is an American physicist.
As professor at Cornell University, Wilson was awarded the 1982 Nobel Prize in Physics for developing a theory of second-order phase transitions in matter that accounts for effects on neighboring molecules.
Wilson is currently faculty at The Ohio State University.
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