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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. 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 ...
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. Learn more about Glashow’s life and career.
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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. Prize motivation: “for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles, including ...
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The American physicist, Sheldon Lee Glashow received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1979, with Steven Weinberg and Abdus Salam for their complementary efforts in originating the electroweak theory. This theory is an important contribution to the unification of elementary particles and forces.
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"
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May 17, 2018 · The theoretical work of American physicist Sheldon Lee Glashow (born 1932) made an important contribution to the unification of elementary particles and forces. He shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics. Sheldon Lee Glashow was born on December 5, 1932, in the northern tip of Manhattan in New York City.
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