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Anthony James Leggett

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Sir Anthony James Leggett (born 26 March 1938) is a British–American theoretical physicist and professor emeritus at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Leggett is widely recognised as a world leader in the theory of low-temperature physics, and his pioneering work on superfluidity was recognised by the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics. He has shaped the theoretical understanding of normal and superfluid helium liquids and strongly coupled superfluids. He set directions for research in the quantum physics of macroscopic dissipative systems and use of condensed systems to test the foundations of quantum mechanics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anthony James Leggett is the 266th most popular physicist (up from 285th in 2019), the 795th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 841st in 2019) and the 35th most popular British Physicist.

Anthony James Leggett is most famous for his work on the theory of superfluidity.

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Among physicists, Anthony James Leggett ranks 266 out of 851. Before him are Serge Haroche, Julian Schwinger, Toshihide Maskawa, Carlo Rubbia, John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, and Osborne Reynolds. After him are Johannes Rydberg, Jack Steinberger, Yang Chen-Ning, David J. Wineland, Pierre Agostini, and Gerard 't Hooft.

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Among people born in 1938, Anthony James Leggett ranks 59. Before him are Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld, Kenny Rogers, Robert Nozick, Derek Jacobi, Lynn Margulis, and Jiří Menzel. After him are Issey Miyake, Jean Giraud, Tufuga Efi, David Irving, Raymond Carver, and Wim Kok.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Anthony James Leggett ranks 795 out of 8,785. Before him are James Dewar (1842), William McMaster Murdoch (1873), Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784), Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806), Peter Greenaway (1942), and Saint Malachy (1094). After him are Chris Slade (1946), Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (1861), Malcolm Young (1953), John Surtees (1934), Ramsay MacDonald (1866), and Julian Barnes (1946).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United Kingdom

Among physicists born in United Kingdom, Anthony James Leggett ranks 35. Before him are David Brewster (1781), Andrew Huxley (1917), John Cockcroft (1897), William Shockley (1910), C. P. Snow (1905), and Osborne Reynolds (1842). After him are Daniel Rutherford (1749), Peter Mansfield (1933), Charles Wheatstone (1802), Freeman Dyson (1923), Dennis W. Sciama (1926), and John Stewart Bell (1928).

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