Robert B. Griffiths
| Robert B. Griffiths | |
|---|---|
| Born | Robert B. Griffiths 25 February 1937 Etah, United Provinces of British India |
| Residence | United States |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields |
Theoretical physics Quantum Mechanics |
| Institutions |
Carnegie Mellon University University of California, San Diego |
| Alma mater |
Princeton University (B.A.) Stanford University (M.S.)(Ph.D.) |
| Known for |
Consistent Quantum Theory Griffiths Inequality |
| Notable awards | US Senior Scientist Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (1973) A. Cressy Morrison Award by New York Academy of Sciences (1981) Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics (1984) |
Robert B. Griffiths (February 25, 1937) is an American physicist at Carnegie Mellon University. He is the originator of the consistent histories approach to quantum mechanics, which has since been developed by himself, Roland Omnès, Murray Gell-Mann, and James Hartle.
Robert B. Griffiths was born in Etah, Uttar Pradesh in 1937 to Presbyterian missionaries. Griffiths attended , India from fourth standard to tenth, along with his brothers and sisters. Even during his Woodstock days, Griffiths' mathematical and scientific aptitude was apparent. The 1952 year book remarks that "Robert is famous for his long arguments (and unsurpassed knowledge) in chemistry class, his ability to 'recite' the log tables indelibly written in his brain, and his skill when it comes to fixing anything electrical." This knack for electrical systems kept Griffiths at Woodstock through part of 1953, working with the school's various wiring systems.
Following his time at Woodstock, Griffiths attended Princeton University where he earned a BA in Physics in 1957. He then earned both an MSc and PhD in Physics from Stanford University in 1958 and 1962 respectively. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow of the University of California, San Diego, from 1962–1964, Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University from 1964–1967, becoming Associate Professor in 1967 and Professor in 1969. Since that time, Griffiths' academic contributions have been widely recognized. Robert Griffiths was awarded a Phi Beta Kappa in 1956, was a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow from 1962–1964, an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow from 1966–1968, a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow in 1972, and was given the US Senior Scientist Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in 1973. In 1981, he was awarded the A. Cressy Morrison Award of the New York Academy of Sciences, in 1984, the Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics, and in 1987 he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
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