Kenneth Geddes Wilson (1936-2013)

2014/11/24 by Leo P. Kadanoff, Kadanoff, Leo P.
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph) #Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech) #cond-mat.stat-mech #hep-th #physics.hist-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1411.6680

published in Nature (August 1, 2013)

arxiv created 2014/11/24 · arxiv updated 2014/11/26

Abstract

Wilson was a physicist who changed both the substance and style of theoretical science.

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