"for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles, including inter alia the prediction of the weak neutral current"

Sheldon L. Glashow

1/3 of prize
USA
born 1932
CA - Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
AA - Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark & California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA & Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA & University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA & later work at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
WA - Niels Bohr Institute & California Institute of Technology & Stanford University & University of California at Berkeley & later work at Harvard University
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Abdus Salam

1/3 of prize
Pakistan
born 1926, died 1996
CA - International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy & Imperial College, London, England, UK
AA - International Centre for Theoretical Physics & Imperial College
WA - International Centre for Theoretical Physics & Imperial College
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Steven Weinberg

1/3 of prize
USA
born 1933
CA - University of Texas, Austin, Texas, USA
AA - University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA & and later work at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA & Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
WA - University of California at Berkeley & and later work at Massachusetts Institute of Technology & Harvard University
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*Explanation of CA, AA & WA*

Additional Information:

• Nobel e-Museum Prize in Physics 1979
• Introduction to the Standard Model (which this prize laid the groundwork for)
• Note that this prize was for a theory which was confirmed by several experiments, including the one awarded the 1984 Nobel Prize.

Sheldon L. Glashow:

• Sheldon Glashow home page at Boston U.
• Papers in SPIRES_HEP by Sheldon Glashow
• Some highly cited works by Sheldon Glashow

Abdus Salam:

• Abdus Salam page at ICTP, Trieste
• Papers in SPIRES-HEP by Abdus Salam
• Some highly cited works by Abdus Salam

Steven Weinberg:

• Steven Weinberg home page at University of Texas
• Papers in SPIRES-HEP by Steven Weinberg
• Some highly cited works by Steven Weinberg

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