Steven Weinberg
Steven Weinberg · Science & Medicine
Unified theory of the electromagnetic and weak forces (electroweak unification)
1933, New York City, United States — 2021, Austin, Texas, United States
United States
Steven Weinberg is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Unified theory of the electromagnetic and weak forces (electroweak unification)
Raised in a Jewish family in New York, Weinberg formulated in 1967 the electroweak theory, showing that electromagnetism and the weak nuclear force are two aspects of a single unified interaction — a cornerstone of the Standard Model of particle physics. He shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with Abdus Salam and Sheldon Glashow. A powerful writer and public intellectual, he was also an outspoken supporter of Israel and of science education.
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Source: Jinfo.org / Nobel Prize Physics 1979
Unified theory of the electromagnetic and weak forces (electroweak unification)
Source: Jinfo.org / Nobel Prize Physics 1979
