Steven Weinberg

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Nobel_Peace_Prize
gptkb:Physicist
gptkbp:affiliated_with gptkb:University_of_Texas_at_Austin
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkb:University_of_Texas_at_Austin
gptkb:MIT
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:awarded_for gptkb:National_Medal_of_Science
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkbp:born May 3, 1933
gptkbp:born_on May 3, 1933
gptkbp:children gptkb:Elizabeth_Weinberg
gptkb:Andrew_Weinberg
2
gptkbp:contributed_to gptkb:quantum_field_theory
gptkb:cosmology
gptkbp:contribution gptkb:Theory_of_the_Big_Bang
gptkb:Standard_Model_of_particle_physics
Quantum chromodynamics
Cosmological constant problem
Weak force theory
gptkbp:died July 23, 2021
gptkbp:died_on July 23, 2021
gptkbp:field gptkb:Physics
gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:cosmology
Mathematical Physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Steven Weinberg
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Brian_Greene
gptkb:Lawrence_Krauss
Particle Physics
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Hermann_Weyl
gptkb:Julian_Schwinger
gptkb:Wolfgang_Pauli
gptkb:Gerald_Guralnik
gptkb:Niels_Bohr
gptkb:John_Archibald_Wheeler
gptkb:Leonard_Susskind
gptkb:Richard_Feynman
gptkb:Albert_Einstein
gptkb:David_Gross
gptkb:Edward_Witten
gptkb:Paul_Dirac
gptkb:Murray_Gell-Mann
gptkb:David_Politzer
gptkb:Roger_Penrose
gptkb:Robert_Brout
gptkb:Frank_Wilczek
gptkb:Steven_Hawking
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:Physics
Electroweak Theory
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notable_students gptkb:Steven_Shenker
gptkb:David_Gross
gptkb:Edward_Witten
gptkb:Nima_Arkani-Hamed
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:The_First_Three_Minutes
A Model of Leptons
gptkbp:published_by gptkb:The_First_Three_Minutes
gptkbp:quote The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.
The more I learn about the universe, the more I realize how much I don't know.
Science does not make it impossible to believe in God; it makes it possible to not believe in God.
An expert is someone who knows some of the worst mistakes that can be made in his subject, and how to avoid them.
The laws of physics are the same for all observers.
gptkbp:received gptkb:Enrico_Fermi_Award
gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkb:Dirac_Medal
Katherine Johnson Award
gptkbp:research_focus gptkb:quantum_field_theory
unification of forces
electroweak theory
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Elizabeth_Weinberg
gptkb:Louise_Weinberg
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Niels_Bohr
gptkb:Robert_Oppenheimer
gptkb:National_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Arthur_H._Compton
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3