H. DAVID POLITZER

2004 Nobel Laureate in Physics

for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction

• Born: August 31, 1949
• Citizenship: U.S.A.
• Residence: Pasadena, CA, USA
• Affiliation: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
  • Address:
    California Institute of Technology
    High Energy Physics
    1201 E. California Boulevard
    Mail Code 452-48
    Pasadena, CA 91106-3368
    USA
• E-mail: politzer@theory.caltech.edu
• Education:
  • Bronx High School of Science, New York, USA, 1966
  • Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA, Ph. D. Physics, 1974

• Books on Strong Interactions
• Books on Particle Physics
• Books on Quantum Chromo Dynamics

• Prize co-recipient: David J. Gross
• Prize co-recipient: Frank Wilczek
• Home page at Caltech Particle Theory Group
• Official award announcement and background
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• Previous Nobel Prize involving particle physics: Gerardus 't Hooft
• Previous Nobel Prize involving particle physics: Martinus J.G. Veltman
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