Philip Warren Anderson (born December 13, 1923) is one of the most influential theoretical physicists of the 20th century. Noted for his intuitive, relatively jargon-free explanations of physical phenomena, Anderson has made important contributions to the theories of localization, antiferromagnetism and high-temperature superconductivity. December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... A Superconductor demonstrating the Meissner Effect Physics (from the Greek, φυσικός (physikos), natural, and φύσις (physis), nature) is the science of the natural world dealing with the fundamental constituents of the universe, the forces they exert on one another, and the results produced by these forces. ... Anderson localization is used to refer to the appearance of spatially localized states inside bandgaps upon structural disorders in periodic structures (which permit only energies in bands with gaps). ... In materials that exhibit antiferromagnetism, the spins of magnetic electrons align in a regular pattern with neighboring spins pointing in opposite directions. ... Despite its name, high-temperature superconductivity still occurs at cryogenic temperatures. ...

Anderson was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and grew up in Urbana, Illinois. He went to Harvard University for undergraduate and graduate work, with a wartime stint at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in-between. In graduate school he studied under John Hasbrouck van Vleck. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (586x701, 46 KB) Summary Physics Nobel Laureate Philip W. Anderson Source: I obtained this photo via email from Prof. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (586x701, 46 KB) Summary Physics Nobel Laureate Philip W. Anderson Source: I obtained this photo via email from Prof. ... Indianapolis skyline Official website: http://www. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and a member of the Ivy League. ... The US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) is the corporate research laboratory for the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps and conducts a broad program of scientific research and advanced development. ... John Hasbrouck van Vleck (March 13, 1899 – October 27, 1980) was an American physicist. ...

From 1949 to 1984 he worked at Bell Laboratories in New Jersey, where he worked on a wide variety of problems in condensed matter physics. He is well-known for discovering the concept of localization, the idea that extended states can be localized by the presence of disorder in a system; the Anderson Hamiltonian, which describes electrons in a transition metal; the "Higgs" mechanism for generating mass in elementary particles; and the pseudospin approach to the BCS theory of superconductivity. 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bell Telephone Laboratories or Bell Labs was originally the research and development arm of the United States Bell System, and was the premier corporate facility of its type, developing a range of revolutionary technologies from telephone switches to specialized coverings for telephone cables, to the transistor. ... Official language(s) None defined, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 47th 22,608 km² 110 km 240 km 14. ... Condensed matter physics is the field of physics that deals with the macroscopic physical properties of matter. ... In chemistry, the term transition metal (sometimes also called a transition element) has two possible meanings: It commonly refers to any element in the d-block of the periodic table, including zinc and scandium. ... The Higgs mechanism, originally discovered by the British physicist Peter Higgs (building on a previous suggestion by Philip Anderson in condensed matter physics), is the mechanism that gives masses to all elementary particles in particle physics. ... Mass is a property of a physical object that quantifies the amount of matter it contains. ... In particle physics, an elementary particle is a particle of which other, larger particles are composed. ... BCS theory successfully explains conventional superconductivity, the ability of certain metals at low temperatures to conduct electricity without resistance. ... A magnet levitating above a high-temperature superconductor (with boiling liquid nitrogen underneath) demonstrates the Meissner effect. ...

From 1967 to 1975, Anderson was a professor of theoretical physics at Cambridge University. In 1977 Anderson was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his investigations into the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems, which allowed for the development of electronic switching and memory devices in computers. Co-researchers Sir Nevill Francis Mott and John van Vleck shared the award with him. In 1982, he was awarded the National Medal of Science. He retired from Bell Labs in 1984 and is currently Joseph Henry Professor of Physics at Princeton University. 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... The University of Cambridge, located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Hannes Alfvén, 1970 winner for work on astrophysical plasmas List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physics from 1901 to the present day. ... Sir Nevill Francis Mott (September 30, 1905 – August 8, 1996) was a British physicist. ... John Hasbrouck van Vleck (March 13, 1899 – October 27, 1980) was an American physicist. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... National Medal of Science The National Medal of Science, also called the Presidential Medal of Science, is an honor given by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the fields of behavioral and social... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ŵ Joseph Henry Joseph Henry (December 17, 1797 – May 13, 1878) was an American scientist. ... Princeton University, incorporated as The Trustees of Princeton University, located in Princeton, New Jersey, is the fourth-oldest institution to conduct higher education in the United States. ...

Anderson's writings include Concepts of Solids (1963, ISBN 9810232314) and Basic Notions of Condensed Matter Physics (1984, ISBN 0201328305). Anderson is a certified first degree-master of the Chinese board game Go. ...

Notable papers

• P.W. Anderson, "Absence of Diffusion in Certain Random Lattices", Phys. Rev. 109, 1492 (1958).
• P.W. Anderson, P. W., Halperin, B. I., Varma, C. M., "Anomalous low-temperature thermal properties of glasses and spin glasses," Philosophical Magazine, 25, 1 (1972).
• P.W. Anderson, "More is Different", Science 177, 393 (1972).
• P.W. Anderson, "The resonating valence bond state in La₂CuO₄ and superconductivity", Science 235, 1196 (1987).

External links

• Philip Warren Anderson
• Video clip of Philip Anderson speaking at the International Conference on Complex Systems, Hosted by the New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI)
• Anderson's Princeton web page