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- NAME: Sheldon Glashow
- OCCUPATION: Physicist, Academic Author
- BIRTH DATE: December 05, 1932 (Age: 80)
- EDUCATION: Bronx High School of Science, Cornell University, Harvard University
- PLACE OF BIRTH: New York City, New York
- Full Name: Sheldon Lee Glashow
- ZODIAC SIGN: Sagittarius
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Sheldon Glashow received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1979. His work on the electroweak theory explained the unity of electromagnetism and the weak force.
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Sheldon Glashow is an American theoretical physicist who received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1979 for his efforts in forming the electroweak theory, which explains the unity of electromagnetism and the weak force. The son of Jewish immigrants from Russia, Glashow earned his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Apart from his electroweak theory, Glashow is a notable skeptic of the Superstring theory.© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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