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1 Florida, Leon County, Tallahassee — Paul Adrien Maurice DiracFlorida State University Nobel Laureate Walk
Paul Dirac was an outstanding theoretical physicist whose work was fundamental to the development of quantum mechanics and quantum electrodynamics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Erwin Schrödinger in 1933 for contributions to . . . Map (db m173665) HM
2 Florida, Leon County, Tallahassee — Konrad Emil BlochFlorida State University Nobel Laureate Walk
Konrad Bloch was co-recipient with Feodor Lynen of the 1964 Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology for discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of the cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism — how cholesterol is made in the body. Bloch held . . . Map (db m173666) HM
3 Florida, Leon County, Tallahassee — Robert Sanderson MullikenFlorida State University Nobel Laureate Walk
Robert Mulliken, a physicist and chemist, brought Florida State University its first Nobel Prize. While serving as Florida State University Distinguished Research Professor of Chemical Physics, Mulliken was awarded the 1966 Nobel Prize in Chemistry . . . Map (db m173667) HM
4 Florida, Leon County, Tallahassee — John Robert SchriefferFlorida State University Nobel Laureate Walk
Robert Schrieffer won the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics, with John Bardeen and Leon Neil Cooper, for developing the first successful microscopic theory of superconductivity. In 1992, Florida State University appointed Schrieffer as a university . . . Map (db m173668) HM
5 Florida, Leon County, Tallahassee — James M. BuchananFlorida State University Nobel Laureate Walk
James Buchanan taught at Florida State University from 1951-56. An economist renowned for his work on public choice theory, Buchanan won the 1986 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science for his development of the contractual and constitutional . . . Map (db m173669) HM
6 Florida, Leon County, Tallahassee — Sir Harold W. KrotoFlorida State University Nobel Laureate Walk
Harold “Harry” W. Kroto, one of the co-recipients of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, has been Francis Eppes Professor in Florida State University’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry since 2004. With Richard Smalley and Robert Curl, he was . . . Map (db m173670) HM
 
 
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