Douglas D. Osheroff

Douglas Dean Osheroff (born August 1, 1945) is a American physicist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1996, for discovering the superfluidic nature of 3He. This discovery was made in 1971, while Osheroff was a graduate student at Cornell.

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August 1 - 1945 - American - Nobel Prize - 1996 - Superfluidic - ³He - 1971 - Cornell

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Osheroff, born in Aberdeen, Washington, earned his Bachelor's degree in 1967 from Caltech, where he was a student of Richard Feynman. He received a Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1973.

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Aberdeen, Washington - Bachelor's degree - 1967 - Caltech - Richard Feynman - Ph.D. - Cornell University - 1973

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He now teaches at Stanford University in the Departments of Physics and Applied Physics, where he served as chair for a period of time.

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