Jack Steinberger
Jack Steinberger (born Hans Jakob Steinberger; May 25, 1921 – December 12, 2020) was a German-born American physicist noted for his work with neutrinos, the subatomic particles considered to be elementary constituents of matter. He was a recipient of the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physics, along with Leon M. Lederman and Melvin Schwartz, for the discovery of the muon neutrino. Through his career as an experimental particle physicist, he held positions at the University of California, Berkeley, Columbia University (1950–68), and the CERN (1968–86). He was also a recipient of the United States National Medal of Science in 1988, and the Matteucci Medal from the Italian Academy of Sciences in 1990.
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| Born | Hans Jakob Steinberger May 25, 1921 Bad Kissingen, Germany |
| Died | December 12, 2020 (aged 99) Geneva, Switzerland |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of Chicago |
| Known for | Discovery of the muon neutrino |
| Spouse(s) | Cynthia Alff; Joan Beauregard (1920-2009) |
| Children | 4, including Joseph, Ned, Julia, and John |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics (1988) National Medal of Science (1988) Matteucci Medal (1990) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Particle physics |
| Institutions | University of California, Berkeley Columbia University CERN |
| Thesis | On the range of the electrons in meson decay. (1949) |
| Academic advisors | Edward Teller Enrico Fermi |
| Notable students | Melvin Schwartz Eric L. Schwartz Theodore Modis David R. Nygren |
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