Mitchell Feigenbaum
American mathematical physicist (1944-2019) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 74
Mitchell Jay Feigenbaum was an American mathematical physicist whose pioneering studies in chaos theory led to the discovery of the Feigenbaum constants.
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2019Died30 June 20192017Clarivate Citation LaureatesAward2008Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical PhysicsAward1988Dickson Prize in ScienceAward1986Wolf Prize in PhysicsAward1982Ernest Orlando Lawrence AwardAward1944Born19 December 1944
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Deceased
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Lived 1944 to 2019 · aged 74
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