What is Robert B. Laughlin?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Robert Betts Laughlin | image = Robert Laughlin, Stanford University.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|11|1}} | birth_place = [[Visalia, California]], United States | nationality = United States | fields = [[Theoretical physics]] | workplaces = [[Stanford University|Stanford]] | doctoral_advisor = [[John Joannopoulos|John D. Joannopoulos]] | alma_mater = [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]]<br>[[University of California, Berkeley]] | known_for = [[Quantum Hall effect]] | awards = [[Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award|E. O. Lawrence Award]] {{small|(1984)}}<br>[[Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize]] {{small|(1986)}}<br>[[Nobel Prize in physics]] {{small|(1998)}}<br>[[The Franklin Institute Awards|The Franklin Medal]] {{small|(1998)}} }} {{nobelprize|Physics}}'''Robert Betts Laughlin''' (born November&nbsp;1, 1950) is an American physicist and Professor of [[Physics]] and [[Applied Physics]] at [[Stanford University]].<ref>[https://physics.stanford.edu/people/robert-laughlin Robert Laughlin – Stanford Physics Faculty]. Stanford.edu. Retrieved on 2012-01-28.</ref> Along with [[Horst L. Störmer]] and [[Daniel C. Tsui]], he was awarded a share of the 1998 [[Nobel Prize]] in [[physics]] for their explanation of the [[fractional quantum Hall effect]]. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Laughlin, Robert B.}} [[Category:1950 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American physicists]] [[Category:Stanford University faculty]] [[Category:Scientists from Berkeley, California]] {{US-bio-stub}} {{Nobel Prize in Physics}}