What is Philip W. Anderson?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Philip Warren Anderson | image = Andersonphoto.jpg | image_size = 200px | birth_date = {{birth date|1923|12|13|mf=yes}} | birth_place = [[Indianapolis, Indiana]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|3|29|1923|12|13|mf=yes}} | death_place = [[Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton]], [[New Jersey]], U.S. | nationality = [[United States]] | field = [[Physics]] | work_institutions = [[Bell Laboratories]]<br>[[Princeton University]]<br>[[University of Cambridge|Cambridge University]] | alma_mater = [[Harvard University]]<br>[[U.S. Naval Research Laboratory]] | doctoral_advisor = [[John Hasbrouck van Vleck]] | doctoral_students = | known_for = | influences = | influenced = | prizes = {{nowrap|[[Nobel Prize in Physics]] (1977)<br>[[National Medal of Science]] (1982)}} | footnotes = }} {{nobelprize|Physics}}'''Philip Warren Anderson''' (December 13, 1923 &ndash; March 29, 2020) was an [[Americans|American]] [[physicist]]. Anderson created and helped prove theories such as [[Anderson localization|localization]], [[antiferromagnetism]], [[symmetry breaking]], [[high-temperature superconductivity]]. He wrote many things about the [[emergent phenomena]].<ref>Horgan, J. (1994) ''Profile: Philip W. Anderson &ndash; Gruff Guru of Condensed Matter Physics'', [[Scientific American]] '''271'''(5), 34-35.</ref> Anderson was born in [[Indianapolis]], [[Indiana]]. He was raised in [[Urbana, Illinois|Urbana]], [[Illinois]]. Anderson studied at [[Harvard University]]. Anderson was an [[atheist]]<ref>{{cite book |title=More and Different: Notes from a Thoughtful Curmudgeon |url=https://archive.org/details/moredifferentnot0000ande |year=2011 |publisher=World Scientific |isbn=9789814350129 |first = Philip W. |last = Anderson |page=[https://archive.org/details/moredifferentnot0000ande/page/n188 177] |chapter=Imaginary Friend, Who Art in Heaven|quote=We atheist