James F. Scott
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James Floyd Scott FRS[1] (4 May 1942 – 6 April 2020)[2][3] was an American physicist and research director at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge.[4] He is considered one of the pioneers of ferroelectric memory devices. He was elected to the Royal Society in 2008.[5]
Biography
James Scott was born in
James Scott died on 6 April 2020, leaving a wife and three children.[6]
Awards
He was awarded the Materials Research Society gold medal in 2008 and Slovenia's Jožef Stefan gold medal in 2009.[4] He was a member of the American Physical Society from 1974, a Fellow of the Royal Society from 2008,[5] and a member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts since 2011.[4] In 2014 he was listed by Thomson Reuters as among the most highly cited physicists.[7] In 2016 he was awarded the UNESCO medal for contributions to nanoscience and nanotechnology.
Publications
- Scott, J. F. (2000). Ferroelectric memories. Berlin New York: Springer. OCLC 42771666.
References
- S2CID 251257694.
- ^ a b "James Floyd Scott". Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (in Slovenian). Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- S2CID 218531247.
- ^ a b c "Prof. James Scott". Department of Physics, Cavendish Laboratory. Archived from the original on 16 October 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ a b "JamesScott". Royal Society. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ "James (Jim) Scott 1942 - 2020". University of Cambridge Department of Physics. University of Cambridge. 8 April 2020. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ "Physics". sciencewatch.com. 24 April 2016. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
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