Leon Lederman

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Leon_Lederman

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gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:City_College_of_New_York gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkbp:awarded	gptkb:Enrico_Fermi_Award gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science gptkb:Wolf_Prize_in_Physics
gptkbp:birthDate	1922-07-15
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:causeOfDeath	complications of dementia
gptkbp:children	3
gptkbp:deathDate	2018-10-03
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Rexburg,_Idaho
gptkbp:director	gptkb:Fermilab
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor	gptkb:Eugene_T._Booth
gptkbp:field	particle physics
gptkbp:founded	gptkb:Illinois_Mathematics_and_Science_Academy
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:Leon_Max_Lederman
gptkbp:hasWorkedWith	gptkb:Columbia_University gptkb:Fermilab
gptkbp:honoraryDegree	gptkb:Northwestern_University gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:knownFor	discovery of the muon neutrino neutrino beam method popularizing the term 'God Particle'
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:American
gptkbp:NobelPrizeSharedWith	gptkb:Jack_Steinberger gptkb:Melvin_Schwartz
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear	gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics 1988 neutrino beam method and discovery of the muon neutrino
gptkbp:notableStudent	gptkb:Sheldon_Glashow gptkb:Leonard_Susskind gptkb:Samuel_C._C._Ting
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:president	gptkb:American_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science gptkb:American_Physical_Society
gptkbp:publishedIn	gptkb:From_Quarks_to_the_Cosmos gptkb:Symmetry_and_the_Beautiful_Universe gptkb:The_God_Particle
gptkbp:religion	Jewish
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Ellen_Carr_Lederman Mary Sunbeam
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gptkbp:bfsLayer	4
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Leon Lederman