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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.Gross is the Chancellor's Chair Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), and was formerly the KITP director and holder of their Frederick W ...
Awards and Honors. NSF Graduate Fellowship, 1963-66. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellow, 1970-74. J. J. Sakurai Prize of the American Physical Society, 1986
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). Learn more about Gross’s life and research.
By Volker Steger. David Gross doesnʼt seem surprised at all when he is asked to make a drawing of his Nobel discovery. Instead he does a great presentation,
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2004 was awarded jointly to David J. Gross, H. David Politzer and Frank Wilczek "for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction"
Participating in the 2004 edition of Nobel Minds: the Nobel Laureates in Physics, David J. Gross and Frank Wilczek, the Nobel Laureates in Chemistry, Aaron Ciechanover, Avram Hershko and Irwin Rose, the Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine, Richard Axel and Linda B. Buck and the Laureates in Economic Sciences, Finn E. Kydland and Edward C. Prescott.
The 2004 Nobel Prize Winner in Physics, David Gross received his bachelor's degree and master's degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, in 1962.
Jul 1, 1987 · About David's Work. David Gross, a theoretical physicist, is a leader in the study of particle physics. Gross is among those who originated the heterotic string theory, which has a strong potential for explaining the physical universe.
The Search for a Theory of Fundamental Reality: I. The Theory of Elementary Particles, II. Questions and Speculations, III. The Coming Revolutions April 25, 26, and 27, 2006. J. Edward Farnum Fund and Princeton University Press The Search for a Theory of Fundamental Reality The first lecture will recount the development of the theory of elementa...
Interview with David Gross, Chancellor s Chair Professor of Physics at University of California in Santa Barbara and a permanent member of the Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics (KITP). Gross begins by describing his childhood in Arlington, Virginia and his family s later move to Israel. This led to his decision to enroll at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for his undergraduate studies in physics and mathematics.
