Sheldon Lee Glashow
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| Born | December 5, 1932 Brookline, Massachusetts, USA |
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| Nationality | United States |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Boston University Harvard University |
| Alma mater | Cornell University Harvard University |
| Known for | Electroweak theory Criticism of Superstring theory |
| Notable awards |  Nobel Prize in Physics (1979) |
Sheldon Lee Glashow (born December 5, 1932) is an American physicist. He is the Metcalf Professor of Mathematics and Physics at Boston University.
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[edit] Birth and education
Sheldon Lee Glashow was born in Brookline, MA to Jewish immigrants from Russia.[1] He attended the Bronx High School of Science in New York City. He was a friend of Steven Weinberg.[1] He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University in 1954 and a Ph.D. degree in physics from Harvard University in 1959 under Nobel-laureate physicist Julian Schwinger. He was a visiting professor at MIT in 1974[2].
[edit] Research
Around 1960 Glashow put forward an initial theory of electroweak interactions, which Steven Weinberg and Abdus Salam later developed.[3] For this work the three won the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics. Also, in collaboration with John Iliopoulos and Luciano Maiani, Glashow predicted the charm quark.
[edit] Superstring theory
Glashow is a notable skeptic of Superstring theory due to its lack of experimentally testable predictions. His departure from the Harvard physics department has been linked to the department's recent embrace of string theory.[citation needed]
He is also a member of the Board of Sponsors of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists[4].
[edit] Bibliography
- The charm of physics (1991) ISBN 0-88318-708-6
- From alchemy to quarks : the study of physics as a liberal art (1994) ISBN 0-534-16656-3
- Interactions : a journey through the mind of a particle physicist and the matter of this world (1988) ISBN 0-446-51315-6
- First workshop on grand unification : New England Center, University of New Hampshire, April 10-12, 1980 edited with Paul H. Frampton and Asim Yildiz (1980) ISBN 0-915692-31-7
- Third Workshop on Grand Unification, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, April 15-17, 1982 edited with Paul H. Frampton and Hendrik van Dam (1982) ISBN 3-7643-3105-4
- "Desperately Seeking Superstrings?" with Paul Ginsparg in Riffing on Strings: Creative Writing Inspired by String Theory (2008) ISBN 9780980211405
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[edit] External links
- Sheldon Lee Glashow
- Interview with Glashow on Superstrings
- Contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles, including inter alia the prediction of the weak neutral current.
- Sheldon Glashow Boston University Physics Department
- Sheldon Glashow Photos
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| NAME | Glashow, Sheldon Lee |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | American Physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 5, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brookline, MA |
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