Murray Gell-Mann

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Nobel laureate in Physics human physicist theoretical physicist

Murray Gell-Mann was an American physicist best known for developing the quark model of subatomic particles and receiving the 1969 Nobel Prize in Physics.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Physics → human → physicist → theoretical physicist →
academicDegree	PhD in physics →
awardReceived	1969 Nobel Prize in Physics → Albert Einstein Medal → Franklin Medal → National Medal of Science → Nobel Prize in Physics →
causeOfDeath	heart disease →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1929-09-15 →
dateOfDeath	2019-05-24 →
educatedAt	Massachusetts Institute of Technology → Yale University →
employer	California Institute of Technology → Santa Fe Institute →
familyName	Gell-Mann →
fieldOfWork	complex systems → particle physics → quantum field theory → theoretical physics →
founded	Santa Fe Institute →
givenName	Murray →
hasSibling	Arthur Gell-Mann →
influenced	development of the Standard Model of particle physics →
influencedBy	group theory → quantum mechanics →
knownFor	Eightfold Way classification → Gell-Mann matrices → Gell-Mann–Nishijima formula → introduction of the term "quark" → quark model → work on SU(3) flavor symmetry →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → American Physical Society → National Academy of Sciences → Royal Society →
notableWork	The Quark and the Jaguar →
placeOfBirth	Manhattan → New York City →
placeOfDeath	Santa Fe, New Mexico →
positionHeld	Distinguished Fellow at the Santa Fe Institute → professor of physics at Caltech →
religion	atheism →
sexOrGender	male →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Albert Einstein Medal → Max Planck Medal → National Medal of Science →	hasRecipient
Gell-Mann matrices → Gell-Mann–Low theorem → Gell-Mann–Nishijima formula →	namedAfter
Arthur Gell-Mann ("Gell-Mann") → Murray Gell-Mann ("Gell-Mann") →	familyName
Comstock Prize in Physics → Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics →	notableRecipient
The Quark and the Jaguar →	author
quantum field theory →	developedBy
J. Robert Oppenheimer →	doctoralStudent
Santa Fe Institute →	hasFounder
Wolf Prize in Physics →	hasLaureate
Murray →	hasNotableBearer
Eightfold Way classification →	introducedBy
The Quark and the Jaguar →	relatedWork
Arthur Gell-Mann →	relative
Arthur Gell-Mann →	sibling