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Sidney Coleman

Who

Sidney Coleman · Science & Medicine

What

Theoretical physicist; quantum field theory and the Coleman-Mandula theorem

When

1937, Chicago, Illinois, USA — 2007, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Where

United States (Chicago · Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard)

Biography

Sidney Coleman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Theoretical physicist; quantum field theory and the Coleman-Mandula theorem

How & why

Coleman was a masterful theoretical physicist whose work on symmetry, quantum field theory and the Coleman–Mandula theorem shaped particle physics, and whose lectures trained a generation. Born to a Jewish family in Chicago, he taught at Harvard University for decades. His insights remain foundational to modern field theory.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics

Contributions & Sources

Theoretical physicist; quantum field theory and the Coleman-Mandula theorem

1937

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Physics