Weinberg, Steven

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WEINBERG, Steven

WEINBERG, Steven. American, b. 1933. Genres: Astronomy, Physics. Career: Columbia University, NYC, instructor, 1957-59; University of California, Berkeley, member of the faculty, 1960-69, professor, 1964-69; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, professor, 1969-73; Harvard University, Cambridge, Higgins Professor of Physics, and senior scientist, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 1973-83; University of Texas, Austin, Josey Regental Professor of Science, 1982-. Nobel Prize in Physics, 1979; National Medal of Science, 1991. Publications: Gravitation and Cosmology: Principles and Applications of the General Theory of Relativity, 1972; The First Three Minutes: A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe, 1977; The Discovery of the Subatomic Particles, 1982, rev. ed., 2003; (with R.P. Feynman) Elementary Particles and the Laws of Physics, 1987; Dreams of a Final Theory, 1993; The Quantum Theory of Fields I, 1995, II, 1996, III, 2000; Facing Up-Science and Its Cultural Adversaries, 2001. Address: Physics Dept, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]

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