Ramamurti Shankar, recently appointed as the J.W. Gibbs Professor of Physics, focuses his research on theoretical condensed matter physics and quantum field theory. Early in his career, Shankar ...

Do you have to be a genius to understand Einstein? You may well have thought so if you’ve ever tried to penetrate the Theory of Relativity – but Yale Professor Ramamurti Shankar, who says that “the ...

The American Physical Society (APS) has chosen two Yale physicists to receive two of its prestigious annual awards. Ramamurti Shankar, the John Randolph Huffman Professor of Physics, is the 2009 ...

Ramamurti Shankar has been chosen as the 2009 winner of the Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize. The award honors outstanding contributions to physics by an individual who also has exceptional skills in ...

The American Physical Society honored two Yale physicists with prestigious prizes this year: one who has “taught it all” and one who built the “world’s fastest counter of the smallest beans.” This ...

Ramamurti Shankar, chair of the physics department, gave a public lecture in New Delhi, India last week before an audience that included Indian President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, a number of teachers ...