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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2016

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2016 - Prize announcement

Press release: The Nobel Prize in Physics 2016

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2016 - Scientific background: Topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2016 - Popular information

The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony 2016

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2016 - Award ceremony speech

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2016

David J. Thouless — © Nobel Media AB. Photo: A. Mahmoud

F. Duncan M. Haldane — © Nobel Media AB. Photo: A. Mahmoud

J. Michael Kosterlitz — © Nobel Media AB. Photo: A. Mahmoud

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2016 was awarded with one half to David J. Thouless, and the other half to F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz "for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter"

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