Laureate
Anthony J. Leggett
1938–2026 · United Kingdom · Male
Awards
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2002/2003
Wolf Prize — Physics
Physicsfor key insights into the broad range of condensed matter physics: Leggett on superfluidity of the light helium isotope and macroscopic quantum phenomena; and Halperin on two- dimensional melting, disordered systems and strongly interacting electrons.
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2003
Nobel Prize — Physics
Physicsfor pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids