Carl Wieman facts for kids
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Carl Edwin Wieman
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Wieman in 2011
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| Born | March 26, 1951 Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.
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| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater | MIT Stanford University |
| Known for | Bose–Einstein condensate |
| Awards | E. O. Lawrence Award (1993) King Faisal International Prize in Science (1997) Lorentz Medal (1998) The Benjamin Franklin Medal (2000) Nobel Prize in Physics (2001) Oersted Medal (2007) Yidan Prize (2020) |
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| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | University of British Columbia University of Colorado Boulder University of Michigan Stanford University |
| Doctoral advisor | Theodor W. Hänsch |
| Doctoral students | Wendy Adams |
Carl Edwin Wieman (born March 26, 1951) is an American physicist. He works at Stanford University.
In 1995, while at the University of Colorado Boulder, he and Eric Allin Cornell created the first true Bose–Einstein condensate (BEC). In 2001, he won the Nobel Prize in Physics.
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