# Steven Chu **Domain:** Physics / Energy / Public Service **Doc Type:** Person Node **Steven Chu** is a physicist whose work in laser cooling and trapping earned a share of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics. He later served as United States Secretary of Energy. ## Project Steve Context Chu was one of the eligible Nobel laureates among the early [[Project Steve]] signatories. His inclusion demonstrates the deliberately narrow but still substantial population sampled by the campaign. ## Routes [[articles/STEVE|STEVE]] · [[Project Steve]] · [[articles/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]] ## Sources - [Nobel Prize — Steven Chu](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1997/chu/biographical/) - [NCSE — The Kilosteve](https://ncse.ngo/kilosteve)