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Sheldon Lee Glashow (US: / ˈ ɡ l æ ʃ oʊ /, UK: / ˈ ɡ l æ ʃ aʊ /; born December 5, 1932) is a Nobel Prize-winning American theoretical physicist.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1979 was awarded jointly to Sheldon Lee Glashow, Abdus Salam and Steven Weinberg "for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles, including, inter alia, the prediction of the weak neutral current"
Sheldon Glashow, American theoretical physicist who, with Steven Weinberg and Abdus Salam, received the 1979 Nobel Prize for Physics for their complementary efforts in formulating the electroweak theory, which explains the unity of electromagnetism and the weak force.
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Sheldon Lee Glashow. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1979. Born: 5 December 1932, New York, NY, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: Harvard University, Lyman Laboratory, Cambridge, MA, USA.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1979 was awarded jointly to Sheldon Lee Glashow, Abdus Salam and Steven Weinberg "for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles, including, inter alia, the prediction of the weak neutral current"
Learn about Sheldon Glashow's life and work, his contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction, and his invention of the charm quark. See his sketch of science and his interview on quantum mechanics and relativity.
