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Wolf Prize

Belgium · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Robert Brout2004

Jerusalem · Science / Physics

Receives the Wolf Prize in Physics with Francois Englert and Peter Higgs for pioneering work on mass generation through broken gauge symmetry.

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Robert Brout

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