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- Anthony Leggett, Nobel Prize–winning physicist, passed away at age 87.
- His low-temperature research earned him the Nobel Prize in 2003, the Wolf Prize, and a knighthood in 2004.
- Sputnik's launch in the 1950s sparked his interest in physics.
- He studied at Merton College, Oxford, and later worked at Sussex University and the University of Illinois.
- He is survived by his wife and daughter.
