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David Jonathan Gross (/ ɡ r oʊ s /; born February 19, 1941) is an American theoretical physicist and string theorist. Along with Frank Wilczek and David Politzer, he was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of asymptotic freedom.
David Gross, American physicist who, with H. David Politzer and Frank Wilczek, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2004 for discoveries regarding the strong force (the nuclear force that binds together quarks and holds together the nucleus of the atom).
Learn about David Gross's life and achievements, his discovery of asymptotic freedom and the strong force, and his involvement in science advocacy and education. See his sketches of science and his Nobel Prize medal.
David J. Gross is an eminent American theoretical physicist, known for his contribution to the discovery of the asymptotic freedom of the non-Abelian gauge field theory of strong interaction—a work that gained him the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Jul 1, 1987 · David Gross is a theoretical physicist who originated the heterotic string theory and co-discovered asymptotic freedom. He is a professor and the director of the Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a MacArthur Fellow of 1987.
Interview with David Gross, Chancellor’s Chair Professor of Physics at University of California in Santa Barbara and a permanent member of the Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics (KITP). Gross begins by describing his childhood in Arlington, Virginia and his family’s later move to Israel.
David Gross. Permanent member and holder of the Frederick W. Gluck Chair in Theoretical Physics at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics Professor of Physics, Department of Physics at University of California, Santa Barbara, U.S.A. 2004 Nobel Prize Winner in Physics.
