Robert C. Richardson

Robert C. Richardson was an American physicist renowned for his work on quantum mechanics, especially superconductivity, which is how certain materials can conduct electricity without resistance at very low temperatures. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1996 along with David Lee and Douglas Osheroff for discovering superfluidity in helium-3, a state of matter that flows without viscosity. Richardson’s research helped deepen our understanding of quantum phenomena and contributed to advances in low-temperature physics, impacting fields like materials science and quantum computing.