Sam Edwards (physicist)
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Sir Samuel Frederick Edwards FRS FLSW (1 February 1928 – 7 May 2015) was a Welsh physicist.[1][2] The Sam Edwards Medal and Prize is named in his honour.[3]
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Sam Edwards | |
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Born | (1928-02-01)1 February 1928 Swansea, Wales |
Died | 7 May 2015(2015-05-07) (aged 87) Cambridge, England |
Nationality | Welsh |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge Harvard University |
Known for | path integral formulation polymer physics spin glass granular material |
Awards | Maxwell Medal and Prize (1974) Davy Medal (1984) Boltzmann medal (1995) Royal Medal (2001) Dirac Medal (2005) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | University of Cambridge |
Thesis | A new approach to the theory of renormalised fields (1954) |
Doctoral advisor | Julian Schwinger |
Doctoral students | Elliott H. Lieb Monica Olvera de la Cruz Michael Cates Nigel Goldenfeld Tanniemola Liverpool |
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