Anthony James Leggett
Sir Anthony James Leggett was a British–American theoretical physicist and professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Leggett was widely recognised as a world leader in the theory of low-temperature physics, and his pioneering work on superfluidity was recognised by the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics. He shaped the theoretical understanding of normal and superfluid helium liquids and strongly coupled superfluids.
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- Born in
- Camberwell
- Educated at
- University of OxfordMagdalen CollegeMerton CollegeBalliol CollegeWimbledon College
- Awards
- 🏆 honorary doctor of Toulouse-III University🏆 honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Dirk ter Haar
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Dervis Can Vural📖 Carlos Lobo📖 Ping Ao📖 Amir Caldeira
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1938
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