This article is about the British theoretical physicist. For other people named Michael Fisher, see Michael Fisher (disambiguation).
Michael Fisher
Born
Michael Ellis Fisher
(1931-09-03)3 September 1931
Fyzabad, Colony of Trinidad and Tobago
Died
26 November 2021(2021-11-26) (aged 90)[1]
Nationality
British
Alma mater
King's College London
Known for
Theory of phase transitions FKT algorithm
Awards
Irving Langmuir Award (1971) Wolf Prize (1980) Boltzmann Medal (1983) NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing (1983) Lars Onsager Prize (1995) Royal Medal (2005) BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2009)
Scientific career
Fields
Statistical physics
Institutions
King's College London Cornell University University of Maryland, College Park
Doctoral advisor
Donald MacCrimmon MacKay
Doctoral students
Jill Bonner
Gunduz Caginalp
David A. Huse
Andrea Liu
Graeme Milton
David R. Nelson
Daniel F. Styer
Michael Ellis Fisher (3 September 1931 – 26 November 2021) was an English physicist, as well as chemist and mathematician, known for his many seminal contributions
to statistical physics, including but not restricted to the theory of phase transitions and critical phenomena. He was the Horace White Professor of Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics at Cornell University.[2] Later he moved to the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences, where he was University System of Maryland Regents Professor, a Distinguished University Professor and Distinguished Scholar-Teacher.[1]
^ abSuplee, Anne (29 April 2020). "Michael E. Fisher, 1931-2021". UMD Physics. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
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