What is Hugh David Politzer?
{{nobelprize|Physics}}'''Hugh David Politzer''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|ɑː|l|ɪ|t|s|ər}}; born August 31, 1949) is an American [[theoretical physics|theoretical physicist]]. He is the Richard Chace Tolman Professor of Theoretical Physics at the [[California Institute of Technology]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hugh D. (David) Politzer {{!}} Caltech Directory|url=https://directory.caltech.edu/personnel/politzer|website=directory.caltech.edu|access-date=2020-05-11}}</ref> He shared the 2004 [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] with [[David Gross]] and [[Frank Wilczek]] for their discovery of [[asymptotic freedom]] in [[quantum chromodynamics]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2004/ |title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 2004 |publisher=Nobel Web |year=2004 |access-date=2010-10-24 }}</ref> He was born in [[New York City]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Politzer, Hugh David}} [[Category:1949 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American physicists]] [[Category:Scientists from New York City]] {{US-bio-stub}} {{Nobel Prize in Physics}}