Sheldon Glashow
Sheldon Glashow | |
|---|---|
Glashow in c. 1980 | |
| Born | December 5, 1932 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Cornell University (AB, 1954) Harvard University (PhD, 1959) |
| Known for | Electroweak theory Georgi–Glashow model GIM mechanism Glashow resonance De Rujula-Georgi-Glashow quark model Chiral color Very special relativity Trinification Weak hypercharge Weak mixing angle Criticism of Superstring theory |
| Spouse |
Joan Shirley Alexander
(m. 1972) |
| Children | 4 |
| Awards | Oskar Klein Memorial Lecture (2017) Richtmyer Memorial Award (1994) Nobel Prize in Physics (1979) J. Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Prize (1977) Sloan Fellowship (1962) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical Physics |
| Institutions | Boston University Harvard University Texas A&M University California Institute of Technology Stanford University University of California, Berkeley |
| Thesis | The vector meson in elementary particle decays (1958) |
| Doctoral advisor | Julian Schwinger |
Sheldon Lee Glashow (US: /ˈɡlæʃoʊ/, UK: /ˈɡlæʃaʊ/; born December 5, 1932) is an American theoretical physicist. He shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with Abdus Salam and Steven Weinberg "for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles, including, inter alia, the prediction of the weak neutral current". He is the Metcalf Professor of Mathematics and Physics at Boston University, and a Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics, emeritus, at Harvard University. Glashow is a member of the board of sponsors for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.