George Zweig

George Zweig
George Zweig giving a speech at Department of Physics, National Taiwan University
Born (1937-05-20) May 20, 1937 (age 87)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Russia)
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma mater
Known forQuark model
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics; neurobiology
InstitutionsLos Alamos National Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctoral advisorRichard Feynman

George Zweig (/zwɡ/; born May 30, 1937) is an American physicist of Russian-Jewish origin. He was trained as a particle physicist under Richard Feynman.[1] He introduced, independently of Murray Gell-Mann, the quark model (although he named it "aces"). He later turned his attention to neurobiology. He has worked as a research scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and in the financial services industry.

  1. ^ "George Zweig". Mathematics Genealogy Project (North Dakota State University). Retrieved March 18, 2010.