Leon Lederman
| Leon M. Lederman | |
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Lederman on May 11, 2007
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| Born | Leon Max Lederman July 15, 1922 New York City, New York, U.S. [1] |
| Residence | United States |
| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater | City College of New York Columbia University |
| Known for | Seminal contributions to Neutrinos, bottom quark |
| Spouse(s) | Florence Gordon (3 children) Ellen Carr[2] |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics (1988) Wolf Prize in Physics (1982) National Medal of Science (1965) Vannevar Bush Award (2012) William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement (1991) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Columbia University Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Illinois Institute of Technology |
Leon Max Lederman (born July 15, 1922) is an American experimental physicist. He received, along with Martin Lewis Perl, the Wolf Prize in Physics in 1982. He won the prize for their research on quarks and leptons, and the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1988. He received the prize along with Melvin Schwartz and Jack Steinberger, for their research on neutrinos.
Lederman is of Jewish descent.[3]
References[change | change source]
Books[change | change source]
- The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question? by Leon M. Lederman, Dick Teresi (ISBN 0-385-31211-3)
- From Quarks to the Cosmos by Leon Lederman and David N. Schramm (ISBN 0-7167-6012-6)
- Portraits of Great American Scientists Leon M. Lederman, et al. (ISBN 1-57392-932-8)
- Symmetry and the Beautiful Universe Leon M. Lederman and Christopher T. Hill (ISBN 1-59102-242-8)
- What We'll Find Inside the Atom by Leon Lederman is an essay he wrote for the September 15, 2008 issue of Newsweek
- "Quantum Physics for Poets" Leon M. Lederman and Christopher T. Hill (ISBN 978-1616142339)
Other websites[change | change source]
- Education, Politics, Einstein and Charm The Science Network interview with Leon Lederman
- Biography and Bibliographic Resources, from the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, United States Department of Energy
- Fermilab's Leon M. Lederman webpage
- The Nobel Prize in Physics 1988
- Video Interview with Lederman from the Nobel Foundation
- Leon M. Lederman – Autobiography
- Timeline of Nobel Prize Winners in Physics webpage for Leon Max Lederman
- Story of Leon by Leon Lederman
- Honeywell – Nobel Interactive Studio
- 1976 Cresson Medal recipient from The Franklin Institute.
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