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What major prize did Nambu receive before the Nobel Prize?

  • Fields Medal

  • Wolf Prize

  • Pulitzer Prize

  • Turner Prize

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Before receiving the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2008, Yoichiro Nambu was awarded the prestigious Wolf Prize in Physics in 1994. The Wolf Prize, established in 1978, recognizes outstanding achievements in science and the arts. Nambu received the award for his groundbreaking work on spontaneous symmetry breaking, which has had profound implications in particle physics and cosmology.
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