Robert B. Laughlin

Robert B. Laughlin is an American physicist, university teacher, and non-fiction writer. Born in Visalia in 1950, he was educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of California, Berkeley. His professional career includes positions at Stanford University, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Bell Labs. He currently works in Stanford and speaks English.

Laughlin received the Nobel Prize in Physics, the Benjamin Franklin Medal, the Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize, and the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Physical Society. His doctoral student is Deborah Berebichez.

As an author, Laughlin has written ten works, including *Mente y materia. ¿Qué es la vida?*, *Crímenes de la razón*, and *Das Verbrechen der Vernunft*. He is recognized in the Nobel Laureates collection, the Nobel Physics collection, and the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.