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Physics World

The pop-star professor

Anton Zeilinger

Published Apr 1, 2006• 1 citation
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Abstract

Not many physicists can claim to have shared a stage with the opera singer Luciano Pavarotti, the film-maker Steven Spielberg and the entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson. But in 2001 quantum researcher Anton Zeilinger was one of 11 recipients of a “World Award” from former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to recognize their support for “the cause of peace, freedom and tolerance throughout the world in order to positively influence the attitudes of men”.

DOI
10.1088/2058-7058/19/4/20

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