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1. Weinberg, Steven Weinbergnoun

   United States theoretical physicist (born in 1933)

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1. steven weinberg

   Steven Weinberg was an American physicist and Nobel laureate known for his work in the field of theoretical physics, particularly in developing the electroweak theory, which combines electromagnetism and weak nuclear force. This theory helped form the Standard Model of particle physics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979 for his contributions. He was also the author of several books on science and was a professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin. He passed away in July 2021. In addition to his work in physics, Weinberg was known for his thoughts on religion, philosophy and public policy. His writings on these topics are marked by their accessibility to the non-specialist reader and have been influential in the science and academic communities.

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1. Steven Weinberg

   Steven Weinberg is an American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics for his contributions with Abdus Salam and Sheldon Glashow to the unification of the weak force and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles. He holds the Josey Regental Chair in Science at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is a member of the Physics and Astronomy Departments. His research on elementary particles and cosmology has been honored with numerous prizes and awards, including in 1979 the Nobel Prize in Physics and in 1991 the National Medal of Science. In 2004 he received the Benjamin Franklin Medal of the American Philosophical Society, with a citation that said he is "considered by many to be the preeminent theoretical physicist alive in the world today." He has been elected to the US National Academy of Sciences and Britain's Royal Society, as well as to the American Philosophical Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Articles of his on various subjects appear from time to time in The New York Review of Books and other periodicals. He has served as consultant at the U. S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, President of the Philosophical Society of Texas, and member of the Board of Editors of Daedalus magazine, the Council of Scholars of the Library of Congress, the JASON group of defense consultants, and many other boards and committees.

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