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David James Thouless FRS (/ ˈ θ aʊ l ɛ s /; 21 September 1934 – 6 April 2019) was a British condensed-matter physicist. He was the winner of the 1990 Wolf Prize and a laureate of the 2016 Nobel Prize for physics along with F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and ...
May 2, 2019 · A tribute to the theoretical physicist who discovered topological phases of matter and shared a Nobel prize in 2016. Learn about his life, work and contributions to nuclear matter, statistical mechanics and condensed-matter physics.
Apr 6, 2019 · David J. Thouless. The Nobel Prize in Physics 2016. Born: 21 September 1934, Bearsden, United Kingdom. Died: 6 April 2019, Cambridge, United Kingdom. Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. Prize motivation: “for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter”
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2016 was awarded with one half to David J. Thouless, and the other half to F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz "for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter"
Jun 5, 2024 · David Thouless (born September 21, 1934, Bearsden, Scotland—died April 6, 2019, Cambridge, England) was a British-born American physicist who was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on using topology to explain superconductivity and the quantum Hall effect in two-dimensional materials.
Mar 2, 2022 · David Thouless was one of the leading theoretical condensed matter physicists of his generation. He pointed out (with Kosterlitz) that two-dimensional or quasi-two-dimensional physical systems unde...
David James Thouless was a theoretical physicist who was awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in physics for his work on topological phase changes and topological phases of materials. The Thouless family has its roots in Norwich and neigh-boring villages in Norfolk.
