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
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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