Laureate

Anthony J. Leggett

1938–2026 · United Kingdom · Male

Awards

  1. 2002/2003

    Wolf Prize — Physics

    Physics

    for 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.

  2. 2003

    Nobel Prize — Physics

    Physics

    for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids