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Michael Fisher

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English physicist, chemist and mathematician (1931-2021)

United KingdomScientistsLived 1931 to 2021 · aged 90
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Michael Ellis Fisher was an English physicist, as well as chemist and mathematician, known for his many seminal contributions to statistical physics, including but not restricted to the theory of phase transitions and critical phenomena.

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2012honorary doctorate at École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
2009BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
2005Royal Medal
1995Lars Onsager Prize
1995Joel Henry Hildebrand Award
1993Onsager Medal
1992Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship
1983NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing
1983Boltzmann Medal
1980Wolf Prize in Physics
1980Guthrie Medal and Prize
1979Royal Society Bakerian Medal
1973Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award
1971Irving Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics
Fellow of the Royal Society
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Guggenheim Fellowship

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Michael Ellis Fisher was an English physicist, as well as chemist and mathematician, known for his many seminal contributions to statistical physics, including but not restricted to the theory of phase transitions and critical phenomena. He was the Horace White Professor of Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics at Cornell University. Later he moved to the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences, where he was University System of Maryland Regents Professor, a Distinguished University Professor and Distinguished Scholar-Teacher.

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United Kingdom
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1931 to 2021 · aged 90
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21 languages

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