Frank Wilczek
Physicist, Academic
1951 –
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Who is Frank Wilczek?
Frank Anthony Wilczek is an American theoretical physicist, mathematician and a Nobel laureate. He is currently the Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Professor Wilczek, along with Professor David Gross and H. David Politzer, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2004 for their discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction. He is on the Scientific Advisory Board for the Future of Life Institute.
Famous Quotes:
- “If you don’t make mistakes, you’re not working on hard enough problems.”
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- Born
- May 15, 1951
Mineola - Also known as
- Wilczek
- Spouses
- Betsy Devine
(1973/07/03 - )
- Betsy Devine
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Poles
- Italian people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Chicago
- Princeton University
- Employment
- Institute for Advanced Study
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Lived in
- United States of America
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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