Philip W. Anderson

Brief Biography.

B.S. Harvard, 1943; Naval Research Lab. 1943-45; Ph.D. Harvard, 1949; Bell Laboratories, 1949-84, Asst. & Consulting Director, 1975-84; Visiting Professor of Theoretical Physics, Cambridge 1967-75; Joseph Henry Professor of Physics, Princeton University 1975-; Fellow Jesus College, Cambridge, 1969- (hon. 1977- ); George Eastman Professor of Physics, Balliol College, Oxford University 1993-94;

Research Interests: Research in Theoretical Physics, especially Quantum Theory of Condensed Matter, Spectral Line Broadening, Magnetism, Superconductivity, Broken Symmetry, Superfluidity in 3He and Neutron Stars, Transport Theory and Localization, Random Statistical Systems, Prebiotic Evolution.

Professional Memberships: NAS Council, 1976--79; APS Council, Executive Committee 1979-82; Aspen Center for Physics: Trustee 1974-present, Chairman of the Board of Trustees 1982-87; Santa Fe Institute: Vice-Chairman, Science Board, and external professor, 1985-present, Steering Committee, 1989-present; Princeton Materials Institute Board, 1989-present.

Books: Notes on Theory of Magnetism, Tokyo, 1954; Concepts in Solids, 1963; Basic Notions of Condensed Matter Physics, 1984.

Honors: Buckley Prize, 1964; American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1966; National Academy of Science, 1967 (Council 1976--79); Dannie Heinemann Prize (Gottingen), 1975; Nobel Prize (with J.H. van Vleck and N.F. Mott) 1977; Guthrie Medal (Inst. of Phys.) 1978; Royal Society (London) foreign member, 1980; National Medal of Science, 1983; Foreign Associate Asccademia Lincei, Rome; D.Sc. (hon) University of Illinois; Foreign Fellow of the Japan Academy of Sciences, 1989; Foreign Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Sciences, 1990; American Philosophical Society, 1991; D.Sc. (hon) Rutgers University, 1991; External Professor, Santa Fe Institute; Foreign member of the Russian Academy of Science, 1994; Honorary Fellow of the Indian National Academy, 1997.

Avocations: hiking (Cornwall and elsewhere); GO (2-dan); Romanesque architecture; Curiosity and the human condition.


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