Physicist Who Coined 'God Particle' Dies. And a Great Voice for Science Is Stilled.

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Nobel Prize-winning physicist Leon Lederman speaks at the panel discussion “Pioneers in Science” at the World Science Festival on May 29, 2008, in New York City.
Credit: Amy Sussman/Getty Images for World Science Festival
▼ It is a sad "day" in science. Dr. Leon Lederman has passed awayat the age of 96.
Leon was a legend in the world of particle physics. Known perhaps most for coining the phrase “ The God Particle,” in his book of the same name, Leon had a distinguished scientific career. From humble beginnings as the son of immigrants, whose father operated a hand laundry, Lederman rose to the very pinnacle of scientific achievement.undefined
After a stint in the Army during World War II, Lederman received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1951, eventually becoming faculty, and finally head of Nevis Laboratories at Columbia from 1961 to 1978. From 1978 to 1989, he served as director of Fermi  National Accelerator Laboratory, the laboratory where I am currently a senior scientist.
In 1988, he received the Nobel Prize in  physics, for work he completed in 1962 with his collaborators Mel Schwartz and Jack Steinberger.
Leon was not only a fantastic scientist, he was also passionate about communicating science to students and the public. He established the Saturday Morning Physicsprogram at Fermilab, a 10-week series of lessons about particle physics given on, you got it, Saturday mornings. It is free to high-school students who live in the Chicagoland area, and it continues to this day. He worked with Illinois politicians to make the Illinois Math and Science Academy, a residential high school for gifted youngsters from across Illinois.
He also wrote the book “The God Particle” in 1993, which told the story of the Higgs boson particleand many of Lederman's adventures during his physics career. Much to the chagrin of physicists everywhere, the name stuck. (▪ ▪ ▪)

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harpreetsembhi

And the sad thing is he had to sell is Nobel prize medallion so that he can afford his health treatments. Terrible .state of affairs in this country

ssangra

May he find the God behind the particle and may his great soul rest in peace.

ssangra

harpreetsembhi 6-10-2018 02:59 AM
And the sad thing is he had to sell is Nobel prize medallion so that he can afford his health treatm ...

Sad to know that.

vivekjanu

RIP. Someone will get it to conclusion what you had started.