Leon Lederman

GPTKB entity

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gptkb:Columbia_University
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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
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Leon Lederman
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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gptkb:Jack_Steinberger
gptkb:Niels_Bohr_Gold_Medal
gptkb:Vannevar_Bush_Award
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