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Feigenbaum, Mitchell Jay was born on December 19, 1944 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Abraham Joseph and Mildred Feigenbaum.
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Mitchell Jay Feigenbaum, American Physics educator. Discovered theory period doubling route to turbulence, 1976-1979. Recipient Distinguished Performance award Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1980, Ernest O. Lawrence award unites states department Energy, 1983, MacArthur Foundation award,1984, Wolf Prize for Physics, 1986. Fellow American Physical Society; member NAS, American Academy Arts and Sciences, New York Academy.Scis., Sigma Xi.
Education
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, City College of New York, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970.
Career
Research associate, instructor physics department, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1970-1972; professor physics, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1982-1987; research associate physics department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, 1972-1974; staff member theory division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1974-1981; laboratory fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1981-1982; Toyota professor physics, Rockefeller U., New York City, since 1987. Visiting member Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1978, Institute des Hautes Recherches Scientifiques, Bueres-sur-Yvette, France, since 1980.
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Membership
Fellow American Physical Society. Member NAS, American Academy Arts and Sciences, New York Academy.Scis., Sigma Xi.
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Recipient Distinguished Performance award Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1980, Ernest O. Lawrence award unites states department Energy, 1983, MacArthur Foundation award,1984, Wolf Prize for Physics, 1986.Recipient Distinguished Performance award Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1980, Ernest O. Lawrence award unites states department Energy, 1983, MacArthur Foundation award,1984, Wolf Prize for Physics, 1986.