James Bjorken
American physicist (1934-2024) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 90
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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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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Aleksandr PolyakovBoth received Pomeranchuk Prize
Daniel KleppnerBoth received Wolf Prize in Physics
Nathan SeibergBoth received Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical PhysicsArthur WightmanBoth received Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
Paul SteinhardtBoth received ICTP Dirac Medal