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Leon Lederman
Leon M. Lederman | |
|---|---|
 Lederman on May 11, 2007 | |
| Born | Leon Max Lederman July 15, 1922 |
| Died | October 3, 2018 (aged 96) Rexburg, Idaho, U.S. |
| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater | City College of New York Columbia University |
| Known for | Seminal contributions to Neutrinos, bottom quark |
| Spouse(s) | Florence Gordon (3 children) Ellen Carr[2] |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics (1988) Wolf Prize in Physics (1982) National Medal of Science (1965) Vannevar Bush Award (2012) William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement (1991) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Columbia University Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Illinois Institute of Technology |
Leon Max Lederman (July 15, 1922 – October 3, 2018) was an American experimental physicist. He received, along with Martin Lewis Perl, the Wolf Prize in Physics in 1982. He won the prize for their research on quarks and leptons, and the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1988. He received the prize along with Melvin Schwartz and Jack Steinberger, for their research on neutrinos.
Lederman was of Jewish descent.[3] He was an atheist.[4][5]
Lederman died on October 3, 2018 at a care-facility in Rexburg, Idaho from complications of dementia at the age of 96.[6]
- ↑ Hoddeson, Lillian; Kolb, Adrienne W.; Westfall, Catherine (2009). Fermilab: Physics, the Frontier, and Megascience. University of Chicago Press. p. 229. ISBN 978-0-226-34625-0.
- ↑ Carey, Charles W. (2014). American Scientists. Infobase Publishing. p. 223. ISBN 978-1-4381-0807-0.
- ↑ Humes, Edward (2006). Over Here: How the G.I. Bill Transformed the American Dream. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 275. ISBN 0-15-100710-1.
- ↑ Falk, Dan (2005). "What About God?". Universe on a T-Shirt: The Quest for the Theory of Everything. Arcade Publishing. p. 195. ISBN 978-1-55970-733-6.
"Physics isn't a religion. If it were, we'd have a much easier time raising money." - Leon Lederman
- ↑ Gogineni, Babu (July 10, 2012). "It's the Atheist Particle, actually". Rationalist Humans. Postnoon News. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
Leon Lederman is himself an atheist and he regrets the term, and Peter Higgs who is an atheist too, has expressed his displeasure, but the damage has been done!
- ↑ "IMSA Announces Passing of Founder, Dr. Leon Lederman". Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
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