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David Jonathan Gross (/ ɡ r oʊ s /; born February 19, 1941) is an American theoretical physicist and string theorist. Along with Frank Wilczek and David Politzer, he was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of asymptotic freedom.
David Gross, American physicist who, with H. David Politzer and Frank Wilczek, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2004 for discoveries regarding the strong force (the nuclear force that binds together quarks and holds together the nucleus of the atom).
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David Gross. Permanent Member and holder of the Chancellor's Chair Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics. Professor of Physics, Department of Physics at University of California, Santa Barbara, U.S.A. 2004 Nobel Prize Winner in Physics.
Lawrence Krauss recently had the pleasure of sitting down with David Gross, one of the preeminent theoretical physicists who has been involved not just in th...
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Learn about the life and achievements of David J. Gross, who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics 2004 for his contributions to the theory of the strong interaction. Read his biography, from his childhood in Jerusalem to his research at Berkeley, Harvard and Princeton.
David Gross is a theoretical physicist who originated the heterotic string theory and co-discovered asymptotic freedom. He is a professor and the director of the Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a MacArthur Fellow of 1987.
Learn about David Gross's life and achievements, his discovery of asymptotic freedom and the strong force, and his involvement in science advocacy and education. See his sketches of science and his Nobel Prize medal.
