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Kenneth Wilson and RenormalizationResources with Additional Information 'Kenneth G. Wilson ... was part of the generation of scientists who revolutionized physics in the 1970s and confirmed the quantum theories of physicists from the early 20th century ... . Wilson won the 1982 Nobel Prize in physics for his development of the Renormalization Group (RG) into a central tool in physics. ... He received a doctorate from the California Institute of Technology in 1961, and joined the physics faculty at Cornell University in 1963. … Before Wilson’s discoveries, many physicists thought quantum field theory had to be discarded, because so many of its calculations generated infinite values—which are physically impossible. Wilson’s RG theory not only explained these infinite values, it showed that they contained information which allowed for a fuller understanding of the relevant physics. … 1 Edited excerpt from Physicist Shapes Modern Thought Resources with Additional InformationAdditional information Kenneth G. Wilson, renormalization and the Renormalization Group (RG) is available in electronic documents and on the Web. Documents:Broken Scale Invariance and Anomalous Dimensions, DOE Technical Report, May 1970 Renormalization Group and Strong Interactions; Physical Review D, Vol. 3, Issue 8; April 15, 1971 Improved Monte Carlo Renormalization Group Method, DOE Technical Report, 1985 Mass Renormalization in Light-front Tamm-Dancoff QED; Physical Review D, Vol. 48, Issue 10; November 15, 1993 Additional Web Pages:Kenneth G. Wilson, California Institute of Technology (CalTech) 1973 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics, American Physical Society Some links on this page may take you to non-federal websites. Their policies may differ from this site.
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