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Leo Kadanoff

American physicist (1937-2015) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 78

Leo Philip Kadanoff was an American physicist. He was a professor of physics at the University of Chicago and a former president of the American Physical Society (APS). He contributed to the fields of statistical physics, chaos theory, and theoretical condensed matter physics.

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2015Died26 October 20152011Isaac Newton MedalAward2006Lorentz MedalAward2004Onsager MedalAward1999National Medal of ScienceAward1998Grand Prize of the French Academy of ScienceAwardLars Onsager PrizeAward1989Boltzmann MedalAward1986Elliott Cresson MedalAward1980Wolf Prize in PhysicsAward1977Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter PrizeAward1937Born14 January 1937

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Isaac Newton Medal2011
Lorentz Medal2006
Onsager Medal2004
National Medal of Science1999
Grand Prize of the French Academy of Science1998
Lars Onsager Prize1998
Boltzmann Medal1989
Elliott Cresson Medal1986
Wolf Prize in Physics1980
Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize1977
Harvard Centennial Medal
Fellow of the American Physical Society
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1937 to 2015 · aged 78

The same award as Leo

Giorgio ParisiBoth received Lars Onsager PrizeRobert LanglandsBoth received Grand Prize of the French Academy of ScienceTheodore MaimanBoth received Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter PrizeYakov SinaiBoth received Boltzmann MedalMichael Victor BerryBoth received Lorentz MedalDeborah S. JinBoth received Isaac Newton Medal