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Also Known As Sir Anthony James Leggett
Born March 26, 1938 • London • England
Died March 8, 2026 (aged 87) • Urbana • Illinois
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (2003)
Subjects Of Study helium-3 • superfluidity

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