#leon lederman

[mysharona1987]

[gregorygalloway]

Leon Lederman (15 July 1922 – 3 October 2018)

[maaarine]

@APWestRegion

[sasquatchandleatherjacket]

Leon Lederman, a physicist and Nobel prize winner, passed away earlier this week at 96. I first discovered him when I bought his book; The God Particle, at age 16. It would be pointless to try and describe the depth and breadth of his impact on my life, so I won’t try. But I am deeply sad that we now live in a world without him.

When Leon developed dementia in his old age, his wife sold his Nobel prize statue for three quarters of a million dollars to help pay for his care, a fact that stands out for me as particularly sad, but also lucky, as most of us have nothing of that value in our 80s and 90s with which to finance whatever Medicare does not.

[azraelgfg]

[claudio-cavallote]

"Partícula de Deus"

A expressão vem de um livro do físico ganhador do prêmio Nobel Leon Lederman, cujo esboço de título era "A Partícula Maldita" ("The Goddamn Particle", no original), em alusão às frustrações de tentar encontrá-la. O título foi, depois, cortado para "A Partícula de Deus" por seu editor, aparentemente temeroso de que a palavra "maldita" fosse ofensiva.

[demuthjr]

https://history.fnal.gov/lederman.html

[gregorygalloway]

Leon Lederman (15 July 1922 – 3 October 2018)