I had no new ideas on the physics we might learn, and I could not compete with the younger generation.
Jack Steinberger Quotes
I feel I learned as much from fellow students as from the professors.
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| Birth: | 25th May, 1921 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Physicist |
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Hans Jakob "Jack" Steinberger was born in Bad Kissingen, Bavaria, Germany. He is a German-born American physicist who, along with Leon Lederman and Melvin Schwartz, received the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the muon neutrino. In 1988, he received the National Medal Of Science. He earned a BS degree in Chemistry from the University of Chicago in 1942. He earned his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1948. He served as a professor at Columbia University from 1950-1968. from 1968 he was a physicist at the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva, Switzerland. He is the author of book, Learning About Particles - 50 Privileged Years.
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