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The President's National Medal of Science: Recipient Details

Yakir Aharonov

Title:

Professor of Theoretical Physics and James J. Farley Professor of Natural Philosophy

Affiliation:

Chapman University

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Orange,California 92866 USA

Gender:

Male

Award Discipline:

Physical Sciences

Award Year:

2009

Citation:

"For his contributions to the foundations of quantum physics and for drawing out unexpected implications of that field ranging from the Aharonov-Bohm effect to the theory of weak measurement."

Presented by President Barack H. Obama in the East Room of the White House on November 17, 2010.

 

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