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Robert B. Laughlin

Robert B. LaughlinAKA Robert Betts Laughlin

Born: 1-Nov-1950
Birthplace: Visalia, CA

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Physicist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Fractional quantum Hall effect

Sister: Margaret
Brother: John
Wife: Anita
Son: Nathaniel
Son: Todd

    University: University of California at Berkeley (1972)
    University: PhD Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1979)
    University: Stanford University (1985-2004)

    Nobel Prize for Physics 1998 (with Daniel C. Tsui and Horst L. Störmer)
    Bell Laboratories (1979-81)



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