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Leon M. Lederman
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Lederman on May 11, 2007
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Leon Max Lederman
July 15, 1922 New York City, New York, U.S.
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| Died | October 3, 2018 (aged 96) Rexburg, Idaho, U.S.
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| Nationality | United States |
| Alma mater | City College of New York Columbia University |
| Known for | Seminal contributions to Neutrinos, bottom quark |
| Spouse(s) | Florence Gordon (3 children) Ellen Carr |
| Awards | Nobel Prize in Physics (1988) Wolf Prize in Physics (1982) National Medal of Science (1965) Vannevar Bush Award (2012) William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement (1991) |
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| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Columbia University Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Illinois Institute of Technology |
Leon Max Lederman (July 15, 1922 – October 3, 2018) was an American experimental physicist. He received, along with Martin Lewis Perl, the Wolf Prize in Physics in 1982. He won the prize for their research on quarks and leptons, and the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1988. He received the prize along with Melvin Schwartz and Jack Steinberger, for their research on neutrinos.
Lederman was of Jewish descent. He was an atheist.
Lederman died on October 3, 2018 at a care-facility in Rexburg, Idaho from complications of dementia at the age of 96.
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Lederman in May 2007
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In Spanish: Leon M. Lederman para niños
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