Leon Max Lederman

GPTKB entity

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gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkbp:author gptkb:The_God_Particle
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Elliott_Cresson_Medal
gptkb:Enrico_Fermi_Award
gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
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
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gptkb:Samuel_C._C._Ting
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gptkb:Fermilab
gptkb:Illinois_Institute_of_Technology
gptkbp:field particle physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Leon Max Lederman
gptkbp:knownFor discovery of the muon neutrino
neutrino beam method
popularizing the term 'God Particle'
work on the bottom quark
gptkbp:language gptkb:Yiddish
English
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gptkb:American_Physical_Society
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
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gptkbp:occupation gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:president gptkb:American_Physical_Society
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Batavia,_Illinois
gptkb:Driggs,_Idaho
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Ellen_Carr
gptkb:Miriam_Lederman
gptkb:Mary_Joan_Wiedenmayer
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