George Zweig

George Zweig (/zwɡ/; born May 30, 1937) is a Russian-American physicist. He was trained as a particle physicist under Richard Feynman.[1] He is known for his works with Murray Gell-Mann especially when they created the quark model (although he named it "aces"). He later turned his works to neurobiology.

George Zweig
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George Zweig giving a speech at Department of Physics, National Taiwan University
Born20 May 1937 (aged 88)
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Michigan, California Institute of Technology
Known forQuark model
AwardsSakurai Prize (2015), MacArthur Fellowship 1981, NAS 1996
Scientific career
Fieldsphysics; neurobiology
InstitutionsLANL, MIT

He has worked as a Research Scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory and MIT, and in the financial services industry.

References

  1. "George Zweig". Mathematics Genealogy Project (North Dakota State University). Retrieved 2010-03-18.