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Kenneth G. Wilson
Full Name of the recipient | Kenneth G. Wilson |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Physics |
Year of Award | 1982 |
Share in Award | 100.0% |
Award Shared with | |
Motivation for the Award | for his theory for critical phenomena in connection with phase transitions |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA |
Place of Birth | Waltham, MA, United States USA |
Date of Birth | 8 June 1936 |
Age at the time of Award | 45 years |
Place of Death | Saco, ME, United States USA |
Date of Death | 15 June 2013 |