P. R. Wallace
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P. R. (Philip Russell; "Phil") Wallace (April 19, 1915 – March 20, 2006) was a Canadian theoretical physicist and long-time professor at McGill University. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences (India). He had a distinguished career as educator, researcher, and activist in science and society, but he is increasingly well known for his pioneering paper [1] in 1947 on the band structure of graphite, and particularly graphene,[2] the subject of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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P. R. Wallace | |
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Born | (1915-04-19)April 19, 1915 |
Died | March 20, 2006(2006-03-20) (aged 90) Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
Nationality | Canadian |
Alma mater | University of Toronto |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Theoretical physics |
Institutions | University of Cincinnati MIT NRC (Can) McGill University Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France Concordia University |
Doctoral advisor | Leopold Infeld |
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