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James Bjorken

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American physicist (1934-2024)

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James Daniel "BJ" Bjorken was an American theoretical physicist. He was a Putnam Fellow in 1954, received a BS in physics from MIT in 1956, and obtained his PhD from Stanford University in 1959. Bjorken was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in the fall of 1962.

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2017Robert R. Wilson Prize
2015Wolf Prize in Physics
2015High Energy and Particle Physics Prize
2004ICTP Dirac Medal
2000Pomeranchuk Prize
1977Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award
1972Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
1968Fellow of the American Physical Society
honorary doctorate from the University of Notre Dame
honorary doctor of the University of Turin

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James Daniel "BJ" Bjorken was an American theoretical physicist. He was a Putnam Fellow in 1954, received a BS in physics from MIT in 1956, and obtained his PhD from Stanford University in 1959. Bjorken was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in the fall of 1962. He was also emeritus professor in the SLAC Theory Group at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, and was a member of the Theory Department of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (1979-1989).

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United States
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1934 to 2024 · aged 90
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