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Murray Gell-Mann

American physicist (1929-2019) · United States · Scientists · Died at 89

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Murray Gell-Mann was an American theoretical physicist who played a preeminent role in the development of the theory of elementary particles.

A life in dates

2019Died24 May 20192014Helmholtz MedalAward2005Humanist of the YearAward2004William Procter Prize for Scientific AchievementAward1978Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward1971Guggenheim FellowshipAward1969Nobel Prize in PhysicsAward1968John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of ScienceAward1967Franklin MedalAward1966Ernest Orlando Lawrence AwardAwardRichtmyer Memorial Lecture AwardAward1962Golden Plate AwardAward1959Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical PhysicsAward1929Born15 September 1929

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Awards

Helmholtz Medal2014
Humanist of the Year2005
William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement2004
Foreign Member of the Royal Society1978
Guggenheim Fellowship1971
Nobel Prize in Physics1969
John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science1968
Franklin Medal1967
Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award1966
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award1966
Golden Plate Award1962
Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics1959
Fellow of the American Physical Society
Albert Einstein Medal
Fellow of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences
Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Honorary doctorate of the University of Florida
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Cambridge
Honorary Doctorate from Columbia University
Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford
Honorary Doctor of the University of Chicago
Honorary Doctor of Yale University

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About this person

Murray Gell-Mann was an American theoretical physicist who played a preeminent role in the development of the theory of elementary particles. Gell-Mann introduced the concept of quarks as the fundamental building blocks of the strongly interacting particles, and the renormalization group as a foundational element of quantum field theory and statistical mechanics. Murray Gell-Mann received the 1969 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions and discoveries concerning the classification of elementary particles and their interactions.

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1929 to 2019 · aged 89

In common with Murray

Richard FeynmanBoth received Ernest Orlando Lawrence AwardRoger PenroseBoth received Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical PhysicsAage BohrBoth received Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical PhysicsNorman BorlaugBoth received Fellow of the Pakistan Academy of SciencesAhmed ZewailBoth received Ernest Orlando Lawrence AwardSteven WeinbergBoth received Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics

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