N. David Mermin

N. David Mermin
N. David Mermin
	Mermin in 2019
Born	30 March 1935 (age 88); New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
Alma mater	Harvard University
Known for	Ashcroft and Mermin; Hohenberg–Mermin–Wagner theorem; Mermin–Ho relation; Lindhard–Mermin dielectric function; Coining the term 'boojum'; Mermin–Peres magic square; Mermin's device
Awards	Lilienfeld Prize (1989); Klopsteg Memorial Award (1994); Majorana Prize (2010); Vision 97 Award (2017);
	Scientific career
Fields	Physicist
Institutions	Cornell University; University of California, San Diego; University of Birmingham
Doctoral students	Susan Coppersmith; Anupam Garg; Tin-Lun Ho; Daniel S. Rokhsar; Sandra Troian

Nathaniel David Mermin (/ˈmɜːrmɪn/; born 30 March 1935) is a solid-state physicist at Cornell University best known for the eponymous Hohenberg–Mermin–Wagner theorem, his application of the term "boojum" to superfluidity, his textbook with Neil Ashcroft on solid-state physics, and for contributions to the foundations of quantum mechanics and quantum information science.

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