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Death of Philippe Nozières, Professor Emeritus at the Collège de France

Philippe Nozière at his desk

The administrator, the faculty assembly and the entire Collège de France community are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Philippe Nozières, Professor Emeritus at the Collège de France, who held the Chair of Statistical Physics from 1983 to 2001. They pay tribute to a scientist who was world-renowned for his pioneering work on the physics of collective phenomena, to a professor whose remarkably clear and profound lectures and books had a profound impact on several generations, and to a personality who was constantly committed to serving science and the scientific community.