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Huang Kun

Chinese physicist (1919-2005) · China · Scientists · Died at 85

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Huang Kun was a Chinese physicist and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was influential in the establishment of solid-state physics in China.

A life in dates

2005Died6 July 20052001State Preeminent Science and Technology AwardAward1995HLHL Science and Technology Achievement AwardAward1955Academician of the Chinese Academy of SciencesAward1919Born2 September 1919

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Bronze bust of Huang Kun at Physics department, Peking UniversityBronze bust of Huang Kun at Physics department, Peking University

Awards

State Preeminent Science and Technology Award2001
HLHL Science and Technology Achievement Award1995
Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences1955

About this person

Huang Kun was a Chinese physicist and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He was influential in the establishment of solid-state physics in China. He is known for his various contributions to solid-state physics including the Huang diffraction, early theory of polaritons, the Born-Huang approximation, the Huang-Rhys factor and the Huang-Zhu model.

Country
China
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1919 to 2005 · aged 85

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