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- Steven Weinberg was born on May 3, 1933 in New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Louise Goldwasser. He died on July 23, 2021 in Austin, Texas, USA.
- SpouseLouise Goldwasser(1954 - July 23, 2021) (his death, 1 child)
- Eminent theoretical physicist and Nobel co-laureate. He was awarded the prize in Physics in 1979 for research into the theory of unified weak and electromagnetic interactions between elementary particles. The award was shared with two other physicists, Sheldon Glashow and Abdus Salam; all three had worked independently.
- He received a bachelor's degree from Cornell University, then spent a year at the Institute for Theoretical Physics in Copenhagen. He subsequently earned a doctorate in physics from Princeton University.
- He worked at the University of California at Berkeley, Harvard, MIT, and the University of Texas.
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