Jerome Isaac Friedman | |
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 Friedman in 2016 | |
| Born | March 28, 1930 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Known for | Experimental proof of quarks |
| Spouse | Tania Letetsky-Baranovsky (m. 1956; 4 children)[1] |
| Awards | President's Medal of the IOP (2000) Nobel Prize in Physics (1990) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | MIT |
| Doctoral advisor | Enrico Fermi |
Jerome Isaac Friedman (born March 28, 1930) is an American physicist. He is institute professor and professor of physics, emeritus, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He won the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics along with Henry Kendall and Richard Taylor, "for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics.",[2] work which showed an internal structure for protons later known to be quarks. Friedman sits on the board of sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
- ^ Nobel Prize winners: Supplement, 1987-1991 : an H.W. Wilson biographical dictionary, Volume 2. H.W. Wilson Co. 1992. ISBN 9780824208349. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- ^ "Nobel prize citation". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved January 8, 2011.