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J. Michael Kosterlitz
Full Name of the recipient | J. Michael Kosterlitz |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Physics |
Year of Award | 2016 |
Share in Award | 25.0% |
Award Shared with | David J. Thouless (50.0%) F. Duncan M. Haldane (25.0%) |
Motivation for the Award | for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | Brown University, Providence, RI, USA |
Place of Birth | Aberdeen, United Kingdom GBR |
Date of Birth | 30 November -0001 |
Age at the time of Award | 2014 years |