Murray Gell-Mann
15 September 1929 – 24 May 2019
Murray Gell-Mann (1929-2019) was an American physicist who received the 1969 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the theory of elementary particles. He introduced the concept of strangeness, the Eightfold Way classification scheme, and the quark model of hadrons. He spent most of his career at the California Institute of Technology and later co-founded the Santa Fe Institute.
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Life events
Murray Gell-Mann was born in Manhattan to a Jewish immigrant family from Austria-Hungary.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe graduated from Yale with a degree in physics at the age of 18.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe completed his doctorate in physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe proposed the strangeness quantum number to explain the behavior of certain particles.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe became a professor at Caltech, where he spent the core of his career.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe developed a classification scheme for hadrons and postulated quarks as their constituents.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe received the prize for his contributions to the classification of elementary particles.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe helped establish the research center devoted to the study of complex systems.
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