Leon M. Lederman
Born 1922 · Died 2018
American mathematician and physicist
Quotes
“Science is not about status quo. It’s about revolution.”
p. 193 “I went into physics to hang around with the bright kids. I wasn't doing anything else and I didn't want to look dumb, so I thought I'd pretend to be a physicist, just like the others. It was five or ten years after my Ph.D. before I realized I was pretty good.”
From Subatomic World Explorer, as noted on American Academy of Achievement web s “That's the eureka moment, when suddenly you know something. Your hands sweat, you get into all kinds of symptoms of tremendous excitement. First of all, it's fear. Is it right? And it's incredible humor.”
June 27, 1992 Las Vegas, Nevada interview with Lederman.
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Books by Leon M. Lederman in order
Books by Leon M. Lederman in the order they were published, from Nuclear and Particle Physics Annual (1969) to La partícula de divina : si el universo es la respuesta ¿Cuál es la pregunta? (2013).
- 1Nuclear and Particle Physics AnnualNuclear and Particle Physics Annual1969
- 2From Quarks to the Cosmos
From Quarks to the Cosmos1989 - 3ScienceScience1991
- 4The God Particle
The God Particle1993 - 5Symmetry and the Beautiful Universe
Symmetry and the Beautiful Universe2007 - 6Quantum Physics for Poets
Quantum Physics for Poets2011 - 7Beyond the God Particle
Beyond the God Particle2013 - 8La partícula de divina : si el universo es la respuesta ¿Cuá
La partícula de divina : si el universo es la respuesta ¿Cuál es la pregunta?2013