Steven Chu

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Steven Chu is an American physicist and former government official. He is a Nobel laureate and was the 12th U.S. secretary of energy. He is currently the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Physics and Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology at Stanford University. He is known for his research at the University of California, Berkeley, and his research at Bell Laboratories and Stanford University regarding the cooling and trapping of atoms with laser light, for which he shared the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics with Claude Cohen-Tannoudji and William Daniel Phillips.

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A male given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Stephen.. Etymology: *stegʷʰ- Stevene, Steven, from Estievne, Estievene, from Stephanus, from Στέφανος, from crown, wreath, from to put round, to surround.

The name Steven is of English origin, meaning "A male given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Stephen.. Etymology: *stegʷʰ- Stevene, Steven, from Estievne, Estievene, from Stephanus, from Στέφανος, from crown, wreath, from to put round, to surround.". It is traditionally a male name.

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