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Anthony J. Leggett
Full Name of the recipient | Anthony J. Leggett |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Physics |
Year of Award | 2003 |
Share in Award | 33.3% |
Award Shared with | Alexei A. Abrikosov (33.3%) Vitaly L. Ginzburg (33.3%) |
Motivation for the Award | for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA |
Place of Birth | London, United Kingdom GBR |
Date of Birth | 26 March 1938 |
Age at the time of Award | 64 years |