Sheldon Glashow

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Nobel laureate in Physics human theoretical physicist

Sheldon Glashow is an American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering contributions to the electroweak theory that unifies electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces.

Aliases (2)

Glashow ×1
Sheldon Lee Glashow ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Physics → human → theoretical physicist →
academicDegree	Doctor of Philosophy in physics →
awardReceived	J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize → Nobel Prize in Physics → Sakurai Prize →
coAuthor	Abdus Salam → Steven Weinberg →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1932-12-05 →
doctoralAdvisor	Julian Schwinger →
educatedAt	Cornell University → Harvard University →
employer	Boston University → Harvard University →
ethnicGroup	Jewish American →
familyName	Glashow →
fieldOfWork	electroweak theory → particle physics → theoretical physics →
givenName	Sheldon →
hasAcademicAffiliation	Boston University Department of Physics → Harvard University Department of Physics →
influenced	Standard Model of particle physics →
influencedBy	Julian Schwinger →
knownFor	GIM mechanism → electroweak interaction theory → prediction of weak neutral currents → unification of electromagnetic and weak forces →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	American Physical Society → National Academy of Sciences →
nobelPrizeMotivation	for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction →
nobelPrizeYear	1979 →
notableStudent	Howard Georgi →
notableWork	Glashow–Iliopoulos–Maiani mechanism → electroweak unification →
occupation	physicist → university teacher →
partOf	developers of the Standard Model →
placeOfBirth	New York City →
positionHeld	Higgins Professor of Physics at Harvard University → University Professor at Boston University →
religion	atheism →
residence	Massachusetts →
sexOrGender	male →
sharesNobelPrizeWith	Abdus Salam → Steven Weinberg →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Abdus Salam ("Sheldon Lee Glashow") → Steven Weinberg →	sharedNobelPrizeWith
Salam–Weinberg model →	developedBy
Julian Schwinger →	doctoralStudent
Sheldon Glashow ("Glashow") →	familyName
The Bronx High School of Science →	hasAlumnus
W boson →	wasPredictedBy