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May 4, 1987

the Quantum Hall Effect

Dr. Robert B. Laughlin
Stanford University

Darwin 103
4:00 PM

Award Recipient: Nobel Prize

Dr. Robert B. Laughlin of Stanford University and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will discuss the significance and review the history of this revolutionary discovery in solid state physics.