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The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question? is a 1993 popular science book by Nobel Prize-winning physicist Leon M. Lederman and science writer Dick Teresi. The book provides a brief history of particle physics, starting with the pre-Socratic Greek philosopher Democritus, and continuing through Isaac Newton, Roger J. Boscovich, Michael Faraday, and Ernest Rutherford ...
Batavia, Illinois — Leon Lederman, a trailblazing researcher with a passion for science education who served as Fermilab’s director from 1979 to 1989 and won the Nobel Prize for discovery of the muon neutrino, died peacefully on Oct. 3 at a nursing home in Rexburg, Idaho. He was 96.
3 de oct. de 2018 · Leon M. Lederman is Pritzker Professor of Physics at the Illinois Institute of Technology (1992-present) and shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physics with Melvin Schwartz and Jack Steinberger. Other institutional affiliations include the University of Chicago and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. His research interests include particle ...
Biografía de Leon M. Lederman. Se licenció en Física en 1943 en el City College de la Universidad de Nueva York, doctorándose en 1951 en la Universidad de Columbia, de la que fue profesor y director del laboratorio de Investigación Física. Posteriormente dirigió el Fermilab y el Instituto Tecnológico de Illinois.
3 de oct. de 2018 · Leon Lederman, a Nobel Prize – winning physicist and passionate advocate for science education who coined the term "the God particle," died today at age 96. His death was announced by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Batavia, Illinois, where he was director from 1978 to 1989. Lederman and two colleagues shared the Nobel ...
León M. Lederman. Leon Max Lederman (15 de julio de 1922 - 3 de octubre de 2018) fue un físico experimental estadounidense que recibió el Premio Nobel de Física en 1988, junto con Melvin Schwartz y Jack Steinberger, por sus investigaciones sobre neutrinos. También recibió el Premio Wolf de Física en 1982, junto con Martin Lewis Perl, por ...
5 de nov. de 2018 · Leon Lederman (1922-2018) Physicist who expanded the family tree of fundamental particles. Leon Max Lederman’s stunning discoveries, leadership and advocacy laid the foundations for particle ...
