Professor Emeritus Roman Jackiw, “giant of theoretical physics,” dies at 83
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Over more than 50 years at MIT, he made fundamental contributions to quantum field theory and discovered topological and geometric phenomena. Eminent theoretical physicist and Dirac Medalist Roman Jackiw, MIT professor emeritus and holder of the Department of Physics’ Jerrold Zacharias chair, died June 14 at age 83. He was a member of the MIT […] The post Professor Emeritus Roman Jackiw, “giant of theoretical physics,” dies at 83 appeared first on MIT Physics .