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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. National Academy of Sciences, Britain's Royal Society, the American Philosophical Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Steven Weinberg is the 216th most popular physicist (down from 197th in 2019), the 804th most popular biography from United States (down from 756th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular American Physicist. Learn more about Steven Weinberg's academic impact at Rankless.

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

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Among physicists, Steven Weinberg ranks 216 out of 851. Before him are James Cronin, Francesco Maria Grimaldi, David Lee, Pyotr Kapitsa, Yoichiro Nambu, and Joseph Rotblat. After him are Wolfgang Paul, Robert H. Goddard, Melvin Schwartz, Roy J. Glauber, Ralph Asher Alpher, and Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Steven Weinberg ranks 35. Before him are Corazon Aquino, Mako, Richard R. Ernst, Fouad Mebazaa, Ronald Evans, and Kim Novak. After him are Quincy Jones, Edmund Phelps, Álvaro Siza Vieira, Robert Curl, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, and Jerry Falwell. Among people deceased in 2021, Steven Weinberg ranks 32. Before him are Robert Downey Sr., Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein, Bell hooks, Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, Charlie Watts, and Hans Küng. After him are Ei-ichi Negishi, Edmond H. Fischer, Idriss Déby, Nathalie Delon, Karolos Papoulias, and DMX.

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Among people born in United States, Steven Weinberg ranks 804 out of 20,380. Before him are Alexander Calder (1898), Sixto Rodriguez (1942), Nelson Rockefeller (1908), Terry Gilliam (1940), Larry Hagman (1931), and Nancy Sinatra (1940). After him are Anna Politkovskaya (1958), Jean Kennedy Smith (1928), Patricia Highsmith (1921), Michael J. Smith (1945), George Peppard (1928), and Andrew Mellon (1855).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Steven Weinberg ranks 42. Before him are Kip Thorne (1940), Hugh Everett III (1930), Murray Gell-Mann (1929), Edward Mills Purcell (1912), James Cronin (1931), and David Lee (1931). After him are Robert H. Goddard (1882), Melvin Schwartz (1932), Roy J. Glauber (1925), Ralph Asher Alpher (1921), Michio Kaku (1947), and Frederick Reines (1918).

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