Anthony James Leggett Scientist

Sir Anthony James Leggett, KBE, FRS (born 26 March 1938), also Tony Leggett, has been a Professor of Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign since 1983.Professor Leggett is widely recognized as a world leader in the theory of low-temperature physics, and his pioneering work on superfluidity was recognized by the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics. He has shaped the theoretical understanding of normal and superfluid helium liquids and strongly coupled superfluids. He set directions for research in the quantum physics of macroscopic dissipative systems and use of condensed systems to test the foundations of quantum mechanics.

Personal facts

Anthony James Leggett
Birth dateMarch 26, 1938
Birth place
England , London , United Kingdom , Camberwell
Residence
United States
Education
University of Oxford
Known for
Quantum mechanics
Quantum dissipation
Superfluidity
Leggett–Garg inequality

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Scientist

awards
Maxwell Medal and Prize
Nobel Prize in Physics
Wolf Prize in Physics
Dirac Prize
doctoral advisor
Dirk ter Haar
doctoral student
Amir Caldeira
Field of study
Physics

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External resources

  1. http://www.ideasroadshow.com/issues/sir-anthony-j-leggett-2013-11-05