Steven Weinberg

Steven Weinberg, born on May 3, 1933, and passed away on July 23, 2021, was an American theoretical physicist noted for his significant contributions to the unification of the weak force and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles. In 1979, he received the Nobel Prize in Physics alongside Sheldon Glashow and Abdus Salam for their work in this domain. His influential book, "The First Three Minutes," published in 1977, provided a comprehensive account of the early universe and became a seminal text in cosmology. Weinberg also authored "Gravitation and Cosmology," a pivotal graduate-level textbook. His work profoundly advanced the understanding of particle physics and the early universe.