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Also Known As David James Thouless
Born September 21, 1934 • Scotland
Died April 6, 2019 (aged 84) • Cambridge • England
Awards And Honors Nobel Prize (2016)
Subjects Of Study Hall effect • magnetic field • superconductivity • superfluidity • topology

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