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Robert B. Laughlin
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Robert B. Laughlin

Scientist · born November 1, 1950

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Robert Betts Laughlin is an American physicist. He is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Stanford University. Along with Horst L. Störmer of Columbia University and Daniel C.

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Milestones, by age

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  1. ~48Received the Nobel Prize in Physics1998
  2. ~48Received the Benjamin Franklin Medal1998

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