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