When was Steven Weinberg born?

Steven Weinberg was born on 3 May 1933 in New York City.

Where did Steven Weinberg study?

Steven Weinberg was educated at Princeton University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Bronx High School of Science.

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Steven Weinberg

American theoretical physicist (1933-2021)

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Steven Weinberg (; May 3, 1933 – July 23, 2021) was an American theoretical physicist. He was one of the main developers of the standard model of particle physics.

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Born: 3 May 1933 wd
Place of birth: New York City wd
Died: 23 July 2021 wd
Place of death: Austin wd
Citizenship: United States wd
Occupation: physicist, writer, university teacher, theoretical physicist, cosmologist wd
Education: Princeton University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Bronx High School of Science wd
Spouse: Louise Weinberg wd

Awards wd

Nobel Prize in Physics (1979)
Humanist of the Year (2002)
Elliott Cresson Medal (1979)
Oskar Klein Medal (1989)
National Medal of Science (1991)
Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship (1996)
James Joyce Awards (2009)
J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize (1973)
Richtmyer Memorial Lecture Award (1974)
Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics (1977)
honorary doctor of the University of Padua
honorary doctorate of the University of Salamanca (1992)
Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1981)
Emperor Has No Clothes Award (1999)

About

Weinberg held the Josey Regental Chair in Science at the University of Texas at Austin. His research on elementary particles and physical cosmology was honored with numerous prizes and awards. 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.

Weinberg also had an extensive career as a writer. His first textbook was Gravitation and Cosmology (1972). His three-volume series The Quantum Theory of Fields is considered a classic. He also wrote popular science, beginning with The First Three Minutes. He occasionally wrote articles on various subjects for The New York Review of Books and other periodicals.

Questions

When was Steven Weinberg born?: Steven Weinberg was born on 3 May 1933 in New York City.
Where did Steven Weinberg study?: Steven Weinberg was educated at Princeton University, Columbia University, Cornell University, Bronx High School of Science.

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