Douglas D. Osheroff
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Douglas Dean Osheroff (born August 1, 1945) is a American physicist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1996, for discovering the superfluidic nature of 3He. This discovery was made in 1971, while Osheroff was a graduate student at Cornell.
Osheroff, born in Aberdeen, Washington, earned his Bachelor's degree in 1967 from Caltech, where he was a student of Richard Feynman. He received a Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1973.
He now teaches at Stanford University.
External links
- Nobel Archive 1996 (http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1996/index.html)
- Stanford Physics Department - Osheroff (http://www.stanford.edu/dept/physics/people/faculty/osheroff_douglas.html)
- Osheroff Learning of his Nobel Prize (http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2001/october3/osheroff_audio-103.html) - Osheroff released this recording from his answering machine, which showed his initial annoyance with a 2:30 AM phone call.
- discovery of superfluidity in helium-3. (http://eraserall.bravehost.com/jokl/osheroff-autobio.html)bg:Дъглас Ошероф