William Daniel Phillips

William Daniel Phillips (born November 5, 1948 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) is an American physicist.

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November 5 - 1948 - Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania - American - Physicist

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He won the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics (together with Claude Cohen-Tannoudji and Steven Chu) for his development of doppler cooling at NIST.

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1997 - Nobel Prize in Physics - Claude Cohen-Tannoudji - Steven Chu - Doppler cooling - NIST

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He is also a professor of physics at University of Maryland, College Park.

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