Anthony James Leggett

thumb|Sir Anthony James Leggett Sir Anthony James Leggett (26 March 1938 – 8 March 2026) was a British–American theoretical physicist and professor emeritus at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). Leggett is widely recognised as a world leader in the theory of low-temperature physics, and his pioneering work on superfluidity was recognised by the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics. He has shaped the theoretical understanding of normal and superfluid helium liquids and strongly coupled superfluids. He set directions for research in the quantum physics of macroscopic dissipative systems and use of condensed systems to test the foundations of quantum mechanics. Quotes The people who do make big discoveries are the ones who somehow manage to free themselves from conventional ways of thinking and to see the subject from a new perspective. Interview 2003 Nobel Laureates in Physics, 9 December 2003 (8:02). Remember that no piece of honestly conducted research is ever wasted, even if it seems so at the time. Put it away in a drawer, and ten, twenty or thirty years down the road, it will come back and help you in ways you never anticipated. Speech at the Nobel Banquet, December 10, 2003. There are very few things that can be proved rigorously in condensed matter physics. Nobel Lecture, December 8, 2003. External links Category:1938 births Category:2026 deaths Category:Physicists from the United States Category:Physicists from England Category:Nobel laureates in Physics Category:People from London Category:Nobel laureates from England Category:Nobel laureates from the United States Category:Wolf Prize in Physics laureates Category:University of Oxford alumni