Sheldon Glashow

Sheldon Glashow
Glashow at Harvard in 2011
Born (1932-12-05) December 5, 1932 (age 91)
Alma materCornell University (AB, 1954)
Harvard University (PhD, 1959)
Known forElectroweak 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)
Children4
AwardsOskar Klein Memorial Lecture (2017)
Richtmyer Memorial Award (1994)
Nobel Prize in Physics (1979)
J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize (1977)
Sloan Fellowship (1962)
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical Physics
InstitutionsBoston University
Harvard University
Texas A&M University
California Institute of Technology
Stanford University
University of California, Berkeley
ThesisThe vector meson in elementary particle decays (1958)
Doctoral advisorJulian Schwinger

Sheldon Lee Glashow (US: /ˈɡlæʃ/,[1][2] UK: /ˈɡlæʃ/;[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.

  1. ^ "Glashow". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Glashow". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Glashow, Sheldon Lee". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press.[dead link]

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