Leon W. Lederman

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Leon_W._Lederman

GPTKB entity

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gptkbp:awardReceived	gptkb:Enrico_Fermi_Award 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	2
gptkbp:deathDate	2018-10-03
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Rexburg,_Idaho
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor	gptkb:Eugene_T._Booth
gptkbp:employer	gptkb:Columbia_University gptkb:Fermilab
gptkbp:field	particle physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Leon W. Lederman
gptkbp:knownFor	discovery of the muon neutrino neutrino beam method coining the term 'God Particle'
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
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gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:president	gptkb:American_Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Science gptkb:American_Physical_Society
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:residence	gptkb:Batavia,_Illinois
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Ellen_Carr gptkb:Mary_Turin gptkb:Mildred_Naubet
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Chien-Shiung_Wu's_experiment_(1957)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6