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Steven Weinberg

American theoretical physicist (1933-2021) · United States · Scientists · Died at 88

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Steven Weinberg was an American theoretical physicist. He shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with Abdus Salam and Sheldon Glashow "for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles, including, inter alia, the prediction of the weak neutral...

A life in dates

2021Died23 July 2021Marcel Grossmann AwardAward2009James Joyce AwardsAward2002Humanist of the YearAward1999Emperor Has No Clothes AwardAward1996Josiah Willard Gibbs LectureshipAward1992Honorary Doctorate of the University of SalamancaAward1991James Madison MedalAwardNational Medal of ScienceAward1989Oskar Klein MedalAward1981Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward1979Elliott Cresson MedalAward1977Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical PhysicsAward1974Richtmyer Memorial Lecture AwardAward1973J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial PrizeAward1933Born3 May 1933

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Awards

Marcel Grossmann Award2021
James Joyce Awards2009
Humanist of the Year2002
Emperor Has No Clothes Award1999
Andrew Gemant Award1997
Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship1996
Honorary Doctorate of the University of Salamanca1992
National Medal of Science1991
James Madison Medal1991
Oskar Klein Medal1989
Foreign Member of the Royal Society1981
Nobel Prize in Physics1979
Elliott Cresson Medal1979
Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics1977
Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award1974
J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize1973
Honorary Doctor of the University of Padua
Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry

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Spouse: Louise Weinberg

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Steven Weinberg was an American theoretical physicist. He shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with Abdus Salam and Sheldon Glashow "for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles, including, inter alia, the prediction of the weak neutral current".

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1933 to 2021 · aged 88

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