Horst Ludwig Störmer
German physicist · Germany · Scientists · Born 1949 · age 77
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Something wrong?He found a quantum fluid where particles carry fractions of the charge they're supposed to have - a discovery that defied the rules and won him a Nobel.
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, Probably in most education systems in a sense we are stuck with the disciplines as we created them last, last century and before that.
It’s the boundaries where the excitement is and where we will be in the future.
In any case, one needs to accept nature's teachings.
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About this person
Horst Ludwig Störmer was born in Germany on April 6, 1949, and became a physicist whose career led him to Bell Labs, where the work that would define him took place. In 1998, he shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with Daniel Tsui and Robert Laughlin for discovering the fractional quantum Hall effect - a new form of quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations. He and Tsui had conducted the experiment at Bell Labs, uncovering behavior in matter that shouldn't have been possible under existing theory. The prize established him as a major figure in condensed matter physics. He later became a professor at Columbia University, where he is now emeritus.
In common with Horst
Robert B. LaughlinBoth received Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics
Hartmut MichelBoth received Klung Wilhelmy Science Award
Duncan HaldaneBoth received Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize
Clifford ShullBoth received Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter PrizeJan Hendrik SchönBoth received Klung Wilhelmy Science Award
Gerd BinnigBoth received Klung Wilhelmy Science AwardFame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.