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Encyclopedia > Robert Coleman Richardson
Robert Coleman Richardson
Born June 26, 1937 (1937-06-26) (age 69)
Residence United States
Nationality American
Field Physics
Institutions Duke
Cornell
Alma mater Virginia Tech
Duke
Known for discovering superfluidity in helium-3
Notable prizes Nobel Prize in Physics (1996)

Robert Coleman Richardson (born June 26, 1937 in Washington D.C.) is an American physicist. June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Physics (Greek: (phúsis), nature and (phusiké), knowledge of nature) is the science concerned with the discovery and characterization of universal laws which govern matter, energy, space, and time. ... Duke University is a private coeducational research university located in Durham, North Carolina, USA. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. ... Cornell University is a private university located in Ithaca, New York, USA. Its two medical campuses are in New York City and Education City, Qatar. ... This article or section should include material from Virginia Bioinformatics Institute. ... Duke University is a private coeducational research university located in Durham, North Carolina, USA. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. ... Superfluidity is a phase of matter characterised by the complete absence of viscosity. ... Helium-3 is a non-radioactive and light isotope of helium. ... Image File history File links Nobel. ... Hannes Alfvén (1908–1995) accepting the Nobel Prize for his work on magnetohydrodynamics [1]. List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physics from 1901 to the present day. ... June 26 is the 177th day of the year (178th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... Articles with similar titles include physician, a person who practices medicine. ...


He attended Virginia Tech and received a B.S. in 1958 and a M.S. in 1960. He received his PhD from Duke University in 1965. This article or section should include material from Virginia Bioinformatics Institute. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Duke University is a private coeducational research university located in Durham, North Carolina, USA. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...


He is currently the Floyd Newman Professor of Physics and Vice Provost for Research at Cornell University, although he no longer operates a laboratory. His past experimental work focused on the study of physical phenomena at very low temperatures. He shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics with David Morris Lee and Douglas Osheroff for their discovery of superfluidity in helium-3. Cornell University is a private university located in Ithaca, New York, USA. Its two medical campuses are in New York City and Education City, Qatar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Hannes Alfvén (1908–1995) accepting the Nobel Prize for his work on magnetohydrodynamics [1]. List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physics from 1901 to the present day. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Douglas Dean Osheroff (born August 1, 1945) is a American physicist. ... Helium II will creep along surfaces in order to find its own level - after a short while, the levels in the two containers will equalize. ... Helium-3 is a non-radioactive and light isotope of helium. ...


Richardson is an Eagle Scout. There are four known eagle scouts among the Nobel Prize laureates: Richardson and Frederick Reines for physics, and Peter Agre and Dudley R. Herschbach for chemistry. An Eagle Scout is a Scout with the highest rank attainable in the Boy Scouting program of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). ... Frederick Reines Frederick Reines (March 16, 1918 - August 26, 1998) was an American physicist. ... Peter Agre (born January 30, 1949) is an American biologist who was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (which he shared with Roderick MacKinnon) for his discovery of aquaporins. ... Dudley Robert Herschbach (born June 18, 1932), a chemist and Frank B. Baird Jr. ...


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External links

  • Cornell webpage
  • 1996 Nobel Physics winners
  • Nobel autobiography
  • Freeview video Interview with Robert Richardson by the Vega Science Trust
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NAME Richardson, Robert Coleman
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SHORT DESCRIPTION American physicist
DATE OF BIRTH 26 June 1937
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