When was Murray Gell-Mann born?

Murray Gell-Mann was born on 15 September 1929 in Lower Manhattan.

What positions has Murray Gell-Mann held?

Positions held by Murray Gell-Mann include: board member (1974–1988).

Where did Murray Gell-Mann study?

Murray Gell-Mann was educated at Yale College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University, Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School.

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Murray Gell-Mann

मुर्रे गेलम्यान

American physicist (1929–2019)

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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. 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. He received the 1969 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions and discoveries concerning the classification of elementary particles and their interactions.

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Born: 15 September 1929 wd
Place of birth: Lower Manhattan wd
Died: 24 May 2019 wd
Place of death: Santa Fe wd
Citizenship: United States wd
Occupation: non-fiction writer, theoretical physicist, physicist wd
Education: Yale College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University, Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School, Jonathan Edwards College wd
Spouse: J. Margaret Dow, Marcia Southwick wd
Official website: tuvalu.santafe.edu/~mgm wd
Social media: X (Twitter) wd

Positions held wd

board member (1974–1988)

Awards wd

Guggenheim Fellowship (1971)
Nobel Prize in Physics (1969)
Humanist of the Year (2005)
William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement (2004)
Helmholtz Medal (2014)
John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science (1968)
Franklin Medal (1967)
Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award (1966)
Fellow of the American Physical Society
Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics (1959)
Albert Einstein Medal (2005)
Fellow of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences
Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1978)

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When was Murray Gell-Mann born?: Murray Gell-Mann was born on 15 September 1929 in Lower Manhattan.
What positions has Murray Gell-Mann held?: Positions held by Murray Gell-Mann include: board member (1974–1988).
Where did Murray Gell-Mann study?: Murray Gell-Mann was educated at Yale College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University, Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School.

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