Q. What is the name of the Nobel Prize-winning physicist known for his work on magnetism and superconductivity, who recently passed away?
Answer: Philip Anderson
Notes: The Nobel Prize-winning physicist, Philip Anderson recently passed away in the United States at the age of 96. The physicist was known for making the science community understand about magnetism and superconductivity and for starting solid state physics as a field. He had been the inspiration for other Nobel-prize winning physicists including Brian Josephson (1973) and F. Duncan Haldane (2016).
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