The Nobel Prize in Physics 2016 was divided, one half awarded to
David J. Thouless,
the other half jointly to
F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz
"for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter".
David J. Thouless
Born: 1934, Bearsden, United Kingdom
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Prize motivation: "for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter"
Born: 1951, London, United Kingdom
Affiliation at the time of the award: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
Prize motivation: "for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter"
J. Michael Kosterlitz
Born: 1942, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Affiliation at the time of the award: Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Prize motivation: "for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter"