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instanceOf
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Nobel laureate
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human
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physicist
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science writer
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theoretical physicist
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university professor
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academicDegree
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Bachelor of Arts
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Doctor of Philosophy
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awardReceived
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Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics
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Dirac Medal
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Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
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J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize
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National Medal of Science
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Nobel Prize in Physics
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Pomeranchuk Prize
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countryOfCitizenship
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United States of America
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dateOfBirth
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1933-05-03
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dateOfDeath
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2021-07-23
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doctoralAdvisor
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Sam Treiman
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educatedAt
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Bronx High School of Science
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Cornell University
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Princeton University
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employer
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Columbia University
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Harvard University
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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University of California, Berkeley
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University of Texas at Austin
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familyName
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Weinberg
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fieldOfWork
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astrophysics
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cosmology
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particle physics
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quantum field theory
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theoretical physics
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givenName
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Steven
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knownFor
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Weinberg angle
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Weinberg–Salam model
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contributions to the Standard Model of particle physics
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electroweak theory
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unification of electromagnetic and weak interactions
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work on cosmological constant problem
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work on effective field theory
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languageOfWorkOrName
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English
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memberOf
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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American Physical Society
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National Academy of Sciences
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Royal Society
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NobelPrizeCategory
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Physics
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NobelPrizeMotivation
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for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction
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NobelPrizeYear
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1979
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notableIdea
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anthropic bound on the cosmological constant
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notableWork
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A Model of Leptons
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Dreams of a Final Theory
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Gravitation and Cosmology
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The First Three Minutes
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The Quantum Theory of Fields
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placeOfBirth
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New York
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New York City
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United States of America
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placeOfDeath
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Austin
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Texas
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United States of America
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positionHeld
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Jack S. Josey–Welch Foundation Chair in Science
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professor of astronomy
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professor of physics
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religion
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atheism
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residence
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Austin
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Texas
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United States of America
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sexOrGender
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male
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sharedNobelPrizeWith
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Abdus Salam
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Sheldon Glashow
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