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Frank Wilczek


Born
in New York, The United States
May 15, 1951

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Science, Physics, Theorethical Physics


Frank Anthony Wilczek, born May 15, 1951 is an American theoretical physicist, mathematician and a Nobel laureate. He is currently the Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Founding Director of T. D. Lee Institute and Chief Scientist at the Wilczek Quantum Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU), Distinguished Professor at Arizona State University (ASU) and full Professor at Stockholm University.

Wilczek, along with David Gross and H. David Politzer, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2004 "for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction. ...more

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“If you don't make mistakes, you're not working on hard enough problems. And that's a mistake.”
― Frank Wilczek
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“Two obsessions are the hallmarks of Nature's artistic style:

Symmetry- a love of harmony, balance, and proportion

Economy- satisfaction in producing an abundance of effects from very limited means”
― Frank Wilczek, A Beautiful Question: Finding Nature's Deep Design
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“In physics, you don't have to go around making trouble for yourself - nature does it for you.”
― Frank Wilczek
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