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Sir John Brian Pendry, FRS HonFInstP (born 4 July 1943) is an English theoretical physicist known for his research into metamaterials and creation of the first practical "Invisibility Cloak". He is a professor of theoretical solid state physics at Imperial College London where he was head of the department of physics (1998–2001) and principal of the…
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TTTA extracted 52 structured relationships around John Pendry. Examples in this analysis include John Pendry → Alma mater → Downing College, Cambridge and John Pendry → Awards → Copley Medal (2025). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Pendry | Alma mater | Downing College, Cambridge | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Pendry | Awards | Copley Medal (2025) | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Pendry | Awards | Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology (2024) | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Pendry | Awards | Kavli Prize in Nanoscience (2014) | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Pendry | Awards | Isaac Newton Medal (2013) | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Pendry | Awards | Royal Medal (2006) | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Pendry | Awards | Royal Society Bakerian Medal (2005) | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Pendry | Awards | Knight Bachelor (2004) | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Pendry | Awards | IOP Dirac Prize (1996) | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Pendry | Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society (1984) | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Pendry | Born | (1943-07-04) 4 July 1943 (age 83) | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Pendry | Doctoral advisor | Volker Heine | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Pendry | Fields | Physics | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Pendry | Known for | Metamaterials | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Pendry | Known for | Metamaterial cloaking | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Pendry | Known for | Cloak of invisibility | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Pendry | Known for | Superlens | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Pendry | Known for | Transformation optics | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Pendry | Known for | Spoof surface plasmon | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Pendry | Thesis | The application of pseudopotentials to low energy electron diffraction (1970) | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Pendry | Website | www3.imperial.ac.uk/people/j.pendry www.cmth.ph.ic.ac.uk/photonics/Newphotonics | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Pendry | Workplaces | Imperial College London | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Pendry | Workplaces | University of Cambridge | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Pendry | Workplaces | Bell Labs | 1.00 | infobox |
| John Pendry | Workplaces | Daresbury Laboratory | 1.00 | infobox |
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Source: Wikipedia — John Pendry · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout