Kenneth G Wilson (1936–2013)
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DimensionsNityananda, Rajaram (2017) Kenneth G Wilson (1936–2013). Resonance : Journal of Science Education, 22 (1). pp. 9-13. ISSN 0973-712X
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Abstract
The Classics article in this issue is a short autobiographical sketch by Kenneth Wilson, the sole winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize in Physics. The piece brings out the bare facts of Wilson’s life in his own words – very few of them, in fact. No one reading it would realize that he was one of the most celebrated among twentieth-century theoretical physicists for changing the perceptions of strongly interacting systems – either in particle physics or in condensed matter. The Nobel citation mentions the cryptic term ‘renormalization group’.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Authors: | Nityananda, Rajaram |
| Subjects: | Natural Sciences > Astronomy & allied sciences Natural Sciences > Physics |
| Divisions: | Azim Premji University - Bengaluru > School of Arts and Sciences |
| Full Text Status: | Public |
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| URI: | http://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/id/eprint/111 |
| Publisher URL: | https://www.ias.ac.in/article/fulltext/reso/022/01... |
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