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Steven Weinberg

Steven was born on 3 May 1933. He was born under the zodiac sign of Taurus and he was born in New York City in the United States of America. The name of his father is Frederick Weinberg and the name of his mother is Eva Weinberg. It is known that Steven’s parents were Jewish. He completed his graduation from Bronx High School of Science. To complete his education, he went to several other institutes like Cornell University, Niels Bohr Institute, and even Princeton University. He received his doctorate in 1957.

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It is known that Steven started research work in 1957 at Columbia University. He worked there for two years before moving to the University of California. He worked in the field of quantum theory and he completed his research on topics like infrared photons, quantum gravity, and even symmetry breaking. Most of his research papers were published.

He also helped in the discovery of Higgs Boson and his model gained a lot of fame. The name of his model is Electroweak Unification Theory. Steven did several experiments to support his claims. The work didn’t stop for him here, he continued his research in the field and released another theory by the name of Technicolor.

Later in 1982, Steven started working for University of Texas at Austin. He also released several theories in regards to h-index. During the time when everyone was against setting up CERN Laboratory and the super collider, he emerged as a spokesperson for science and he supported the creation of CERN. He is often referred to as Attorney of science.

In 1954, Steven decided to get married and the name of his wife is Louise Weinberg. The couple stays together since their marriage. Steven’s wife also gave birth to a daughter after the marriage and the name of his daughter is Elizabeth Weinberg. It is known that Steven strongly supports Israel and it was also reported that Steven refused to go to any university in the United Kingdom because British were boycotting Israel. As per one of his quotes, Steven referred to the act of boycotting as immoral. As per the records, Steven didn’t believe in any religion or god either.

Steven won several awards and he was also honored with several honorary doctorates. Steven also received National Medal of Science along with James Joyce Award. The James Joyce award was sponsored by University College Dublin. As per the information available, Steven also wrote several books like Lake View: this World and Universe, The Quantum Theory of Fields and The Discovery of Subatomic Particle. These are some of the books he wrote.

The total annual salary of Steven is not known but he surely earned a lot of money along with a lot of respect. Steven’s salary in 2013 was estimated to be 600 thousand American Dollars and this is without adjusting the salary to the inflation. Steven’s net worth is not known as there is no information about the same on a public portal. His complete biography is available on Wikipedia and other online sources.


Quick Facts
Birth Date: 3 May, 1933
Age: 87 yrs
Citizenship: United States of America
Birth Place: New York City
residence: Austin
Gender: Male
Description: American theoretical physicist
Spouse: Louise Weinberg [M. 1954]
Net Worth 2021: 700 thousand
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Last Modified: Jun 27 2020
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