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Bertrand Halperin

born 1941

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Wikipedia Summary

Bertrand I. Halperin is an American physicist, former holder of the Hollis Chair of Mathematicks and Natural Philosophy at the physics department of Harvard University. In 2006, he received the Wolf Prize in Physics for his various contribution to condensed matter physics, including work on KTHNY theory for two-dimensional melting.

Biographical & Professional Details

Date of birth
December 6, 1941
Brooklyn
Citizenship

United States

Occupations & fields
physicistmathematicianuniversity teacher
Awards & honours
Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter PrizeOnsager MedalDannie Heineman PrizeWolf Prize in PhysicsFellow of the American Physical SocietyLars Onsager Prize
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