Eric Cornell

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1. When was Eric Cornell born?July 19, 1961
2. Where was Eric Cornell born?Palo Alto, California, USA
3. How big is Eric Cornell?Experimental atomic physics, quantum gases, and Bose-Einstein condensates
4. What is the academic affiliation?University of Colorado Boulder and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
5. What is the nobel prize in physics?Awarded in 2001 for the experimental creation of Bose-Einstein condensates
6. Who is Eric Cornell?Eric Cornell is a scientist from California who won a Nobel Prize for his work on very cold atoms. He was born on July 19, 1961, in Palo Alto.

Bose-Einstein Condensate (BEC): A macroscopic quantum state of matter formed when a gas of bosons is cooled to temperatures very near absolute zero.
Quantum Mechanics: The fundamental theory in physics that describes nature at the smallest scales of energy and matter.
Absolute Zero: The theoretical temperature at which all molecular motion ceases, approximately -273.15 degrees Celsius or -459.67 degrees Fahrenheit.
Bosons: A class of elementary particles that obey Bose-Einstein statistics, characterized by integer spin.