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  • Thumbnail for Theodor W. Hänsch
    Theodor Wolfgang Hänsch (German pronunciation: [ˈteːodoːɐ̯ ˈhɛnʃ] ; born 30 October 1941) is a German physicist. He received one-third of the 2005 Nobel...
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  • Daniel Kleppner, born 1932, is the Lester Wolfe Professor Emeritus of Physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and co-founder and co-director...
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    John Lewis "Jan" Hall (born August 21, 1934) is an American physicist, and Nobel laureate in physics. He shared the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics with Theodor...
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  • Thumbnail for Robert L. Byer
    Robert Louis Byer is a physicist. He was president of the Optical Society of America in 1994 and of the American Physical Society in 2012. He currently...
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  • Thumbnail for Robert Kirshner
    Robert P. Kirshner (born August 15, 1949) is an American astronomer, Chief Program Officer for Science for the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and the...
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  • Thumbnail for Martin Schadt
    Martin Schadt (born 1938) is a Swiss physicist and inventor. In 1970, the physicists Martin Schadt and Wolfgang Helfrich invented the twisted nematic field...
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  • Federico Capasso (born 1949) is an applied physicist and is one of the inventors of the quantum cascade laser during his work at Bell Laboratories. He...
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  • Thumbnail for Édouard Brézin
    Édouard Brézin (French: [bʁezɛ̃]; born 1 December 1938 Paris) is a French theoretical physicist. He is professor at Université Paris 6, working at the...
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  • Thumbnail for George B. Field
    George B. Field (born October 25, 1929, in Providence, Rhode Island) is an American astrophysicist. Field was born in Providence, Rhode Island. His father...
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  • Max Gunter Lagally (born 23 May 1942, Darmstadt, Germany) is Erwin W. Mueller Professor and Bascom Professor of Surface Science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison...
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  • David Edward Pritchard (born October 15, 1941) is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), working on atomic physics and educational...
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  • Thumbnail for Salvatore Torquato
    Salvatore Torquato is an American theoretical scientist born in Falerna, Italy. His research work has impacted a variety of fields, including physics,...
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  • Denis L. Rousseau (signing papers as D. L. Rousseau) is an American scientist. He is currently professor and university chairman of the department of physiology...
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  • Anthony J. DeMaria (born October 30, 1931, in Italy) is an American researcher in lasers and their applications, particularly known for his work with picosecond...
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  • Thomas B. Sheridan (born December 23, 1929) is American professor of mechanical engineering and Applied Psychology Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute...
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  • Thumbnail for Joseph Pedlosky
    Joseph Pedlosky (born April 7, 1938) is an American physical oceanographer. He is a scientist emeritus at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Pedlosky...
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