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Robert B. Laughlin

Robert Betts Laughlin (born November 1, 1950) is an American physicist. He is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Stanford University. Along with Horst L. Störmer of Columbia University and Daniel C. Tsui of Princeton University, he was awarded a share of the 1998 Nobel Prize in physics for their explanation of the…

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Known for
Quantum Hall effect
Alma mater
MIT University of California, Berkeley
Born
(1950-11-01) November 1, 1950 (age 75) Visalia, California, United States
Doctoral advisor
John D. Joannopoulos
Fields
Theoretical physics
Workplaces
Stanford

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Robert B. Laughlin

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