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Robert Betts Laughlin (born November 1, 1950) is a professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Stanford University who, together with Horst L. Störmer and Daniel C. Tsui, was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in physics for his explanation of the fractional quantum Hall effect. Laughlin was born in Visalia, California. He earned a B.A. in Physics from UC Berkeley in 1972, and his Ph.D. in physics in 1979 at MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. In the period of 2004-2006 he served as the president of KAIST in Daejeon, South Korea, but was booted out shortly for being an arrogant son of a bitch. His son, Todd, is an amateur bodybuilder living in Los Angeles. He was recently arrested in Rocky Point, Mexico, for punching blowfish.
Publications Laughlin published a book entitled in 2005. The book argues for emergence as a replacement for reductionism, in addition to general commentary on hot-topic issues. Links and Related Articles | ||||||||
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