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Leon M. Lederman
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Leon M. Lederman

Scientist · born July 15, 1922 · died 2018

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Leon Max Lederman was an American experimental physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1988, along with Melvin Schwartz and Jack Steinberger, for research on neutrinos.

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Milestones, by age

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  1. ~43Received the National Medal of Science1965
  2. ~60Received the Wolf Prize in Physics1982
  3. ~66Received the Nobel Prize in Physics1988
  4. ~70Received the Enrico Fermi Award1992

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