Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Robert Betts Laughlin Biography and Timeline

Follow Robert Betts Laughlin through 2 dated historical records for United States of America.

Robert Betts Laughlin, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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1983–1998Years on this page

1983

Fractional Quantum Hall Theory

Physicist · Livermore · Science / Physics

Explains fractional quantum Hall states as a strongly correlated many-electron quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations.

1998

Nobel Prize for Fractional Quantum Hall Effect

Physicist · Stockholm · Science / Physics

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for explaining the fractional quantum Hall effect.

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