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Steven Weinberg

1933 - 2021

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Steven Weinberg (; May 3, 1933 – July 23, 2021) was 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 held the Josey Regental Chair in Science at the University of Texas at Austin, where he was a member of the Physics and Astronomy Departments. His research on elementary particles and physical cosmology was honored with numerous prizes and awards, including the 1979 Nobel Prize in physics and the 1991 National Medal of Science. In 2004, he received the Benjamin Franklin Medal of the American Philosophical Society, with a citation that said he was "considered by many to be the preeminent theoretical physicist alive in the world today." He was elected to the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Steven Weinberg has received more than 1,298,675 page views. His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). Steven Weinberg is the 197th most popular physicist (down from 161st in 2019), the 756th most popular biography from United States (down from 673rd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular American Physicist.

Weinberg is most famous for his work on the unification of the electromagnetic and weak nuclear forces.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Steven Weinberg ranks 197 out of 851. Before him are Benjamin Thompson, Robert H. Goddard, Nikolay Basov, Douglas Osheroff, Herbert Kroemer, and Edward Mills Purcell. After him are Ilya Frank, Anton Zeilinger, Pyotr Kapitsa, Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Michio Kaku, and David J. Wineland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Steven Weinberg ranks 42. Before him are John Barry, Antonio Negri, Gene Wilder, Richard R. Ernst, Mohammad-Ali Rajai, and Samora Machel. After him are Oliver Sacks, Jerzy Grotowski, David McCallum, Gian Maria Volonté, Richard Rogers, and Joan Collins. Among people deceased in 2021, Steven Weinberg ranks 31. Before him are Jacques Rogge, Hans Küng, Martinus J. G. Veltman, Colin Powell, Richard R. Ernst, and Donald Rumsfeld. After him are Jorge Sampaio, Nawal El Saadawi, Richard Rogers, Antony Hewish, Aaron T. Beck, and Idriss Déby.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Steven Weinberg ranks 756 out of 20,380. Before him are David Fincher (1962), Edward Mills Purcell (1912), Richard Dean Anderson (1950), Paul Morphy (1837), Les Paul (1915), and H. H. Holmes (1861). After him are John Huston (1906), Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867), Randy Quaid (1950), Tommy Hilfiger (1951), Terrence Malick (1943), and Rick Rubin (1963).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Steven Weinberg ranks 32. Before him are Charles H. Townes (1915), David Bohm (1992), Benjamin Thompson (1753), Robert H. Goddard (1882), Douglas Osheroff (1945), and Edward Mills Purcell (1912). After him are Michio Kaku (1947), David J. Wineland (1944), Arthur Leonard Schawlow (1921), Robert Hofstadter (1915), James Cronin (1931), and David Lee (1931).

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