Leon Lederman - Definition

Leon Max Lederman (born July 15, 1922) is an American experimental physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1988 for his work on neutrinos. He is Director Emeritus of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Batavia, Illinois. He founded the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, in Aurora, Illinois, in 1986.

He received his bachelor's degree from the City College of New York in 1943, and received a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1951.

Publications

• The God Particle : If the Universe Is the Answer, What Is the Question? by Leon Lederman, Dick Teresi (ISBN 0385312113)
• From Quarks to the Cosmos by Leon Lederman and David N. Schramm (ISBN 0716760126)
• Portraits of Great American Scientists Leon M. Lederman, et al (ISBN 1573929328)

External links

• Fermilab's Leon M. Lederman webpage (http://www-ed.fnal.gov/samplers/hsphys/people/lederman.html)
• The Nobel Prize in Physics 1988 (http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1988/)
• Leon M. Lederman – Autobiography (http://www.nobel.se/physics/laureates/1988/lederman-autobio.html)
• Timeline of Nobel Prize Winners in Physics webpage for Leon Max Lederman (http://www.nobel-winners.com/Physics/leon_max_lederman.html)
• Story of Leon by Leon Lederman (http://www-ed.fnal.gov/lml/Leon_life.html)