Sheldon Glashow
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Sheldon Lee Glashow (US: /ˈɡlæʃoʊ/,[1][2] UK: /ˈɡlæʃaʊ/;[3] born December 5, 1932) is a Nobel Prize-winning American theoretical physicist. He is the Metcalf Professor of Mathematics and Physics at Boston University and Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics, emeritus, at Harvard University, and is a member of the board of sponsors for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
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Sheldon Glashow | |
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Born | (1932-12-05) December 5, 1932 (age 91) New York City, New York, U.S. |
Alma mater | Cornell University (AB, 1954) Harvard University (PhD, 1959) |
Known for | Electroweak theory Georgi–Glashow model GIM mechanism Glashow resonance De Rujula-Georgi-Glashow quark model Chiral color Very special relativity Trinification Weak hypercharge Weak mixing angle Criticism of Superstring theory |
Spouse |
Joan Shirley Alexander
(m. 1972) |
Children | 4 |
Awards | Oskar Klein Memorial Lecture (2017) Richtmyer Memorial Award (1994) Nobel Prize in Physics (1979) J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize (1977) Sloan Fellowship (1962) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Theoretical Physics |
Institutions | Boston University Harvard University Texas A&M University California Institute of Technology Stanford University University of California, Berkeley |
Thesis | The vector meson in elementary particle decays (1958) |
Doctoral advisor | Julian Schwinger |
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