"for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction" David J. Gross 1/3 of prize USA born 1941 CA - Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, California, USA AA - Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA WA - Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA   H. David Politzer 1/3 of prize USA born 1949 CA - California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA AA - Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA WA - Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA   Frank Wilczek 1/3 of prize USA born 1951 CA - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA AA - Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA WA - Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA