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Sam Treiman
American theoretical physicist (1925-1999) · United States · On the map · Scientists · Died at 74
Sam Bard Treiman was an American theoretical physicist who produced research in the fields of cosmic rays, quantum physics, plasma physics, and gravity physics.
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He made contributions to the understanding of the weak interaction and he and his students are credited with developing the Standard Model of elementary particle physics. He was a Higgins professor of physics at Princeton University, a member of the National Academy of Sciences and member of the JASON Defense Advisory Group. He was a student of Enrico Fermi and John Alexander Simpson Jr. Treiman published articles on quantum mechanics, plasmas, gravitation, condensed matter and the history of physics.
