Bernard Derrida
Bernard Derrida · Science & Medicine
French statistical physicist of exactly solvable nonequilibrium models; Boltzmann Medal (2010)
1952, El Biar, Algeria
Algeria · France
Bernard Derrida is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — French statistical physicist of exactly solvable nonequilibrium models; Boltzmann Medal (2010)
A French theoretical physicist born in El Biar, Algeria, into the Sephardic Jewish Derrida family (he is a cousin of the philosopher Jacques Derrida), Derrida became a leading statistical physicist at the École Normale Supérieure and the Collège de France, obtaining exact solutions for systems driven far from equilibrium. He shared the 2010 Boltzmann Medal.
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French statistical physicist of exactly solvable nonequilibrium models; Boltzmann Medal (2010)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Boltzmann Medal
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