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Vinay Ambegaokar
Born (1934-01-16) 16 January 1934 (age 90)
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Scientific career
FieldsCondensed matter physics
InstitutionsUniversity of Oxford
New College, Oxford
Princeton University
Doctoral advisorWalter Kohn


Vinay Ambegaokar is an Indian-American theoretical physicist, known for his contributions to the field of condensed matter physics. He is the Goldwin Smith Professor of Physics Emeritus at the University of Cornell[1]. He has also written a book titled Reasoning about Luck: Probability and its Uses in Physics, which is aimed at a nonscience audience and describes the use of probability theory in physics[2].

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Category:Condensed matter physicists Category:Indian condensed matter physicists Category:Indian theoretical physicists Category:20th-century Indian physicists Category:American academics of Indian descent