Weinberg's contributions to physics have been compared to Einstein's. He speaks passionately and has a poetic flare for expression.
Awards
- Honorary Doctor of Science degrees: University of Chicago, Knox College, City University of New York, University of Rochester, Yale University
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences, elected 1968
- National Academy of Sciences, elected 1972
- J. R. Oppenheimer Prize, 1973
- Richtmeyer Lecturer of the American Association of Physics Teachers, 1974
- Scott Lecturer, Cavendish Laboratory, 1975
- Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics, 1977
- Silliman Lecturer, Yale University, 1977
- American Institute of Physics-U.S. Steel Foundation Science Writing Award, 1977, for authorship of The First Three Minutes (1977)
- Lauritsen Lecturer, Cal. Tech., 1979
- Bethe Lecturer, Cornell University, 1979
- Elliott Cresson Medal (Franklin Institute), 1979
- Honorary Doctoral degrees: Clark University, City University of New York, Dartmouth College, Weizmann Institute, Clark University, Washington College, Columbia University
- Elected to American Philosophical Society, Royal Society of London (Foreign Honorary Member), Philosophical Society of Texas
- Henry Lecturer, Princeton University, 1981
- Cherwell-Simon Lecturer, University of Oxford, 1983
- Bampton Lecturer, Columbia University, 1983
- Einstein Lecturer, Israel Academy of Arts & Sciences, 1984
- McDermott Lecturer, University of Dallas, 1985
- Hilldale Lecturer, University of Wisconsin, 1985
- Clark Lecturer, University of Texas at Dallas, 1986
- Brickweede Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University, 1986
- Dirac Lecturer, University of Cambridge, 1986
- Klein Lecturer, University of Stockholm, 1989
- James Madison Medal of Princeton University, 1991
- National Medal of Science, 1991
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http://almaz.com/nobel/physics/1979c.html
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/bpwein.html
http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/william_edelen/stevenweinberg.html
www.counterbalance.org/
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/vl/notes/weinberg.html
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