Biography

Born in Paris on October 24 1932. Died May 18 2007.

Education and professional career

  • 1951-1955 : Studies at the École Normale Supérieure
  • 1955-1959 : Engineer at the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
  • 1961-1971 : Senior lecturer, then professor at Orsay University
  • 1971-2004 : Professor of Quantum Condensed Matter Physics at the Collège de France
  • 1976 : Director of the School of Physics and Chemistry
  • 1979 : Member of the Institut

Awards and honors

  • 1980 : CNRS Gold Medal
  • 1991 : Nobel Prize in Physics