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Georgi, Howard
Oral history interview with Howard Georgi, 2020 June 26.
In this interview, David Zierler, Oral Historian for AIP, interview Howard Georgi, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics at Harvard. Georgi recounts his childhood in New Jersey and his early interests in science. He describes his undergraduate experience at Harvard and his early work in quantum field theory and his formative relationship with Sheldon Glashow. Georgi discusses his graduate work at Yale University, where he worked with Charlie Sommerfield and studied the Thirring model. He describes his return to Harvard, first as a postdoc, and then as a faculty member. Georgi explains the significance of Weinberg's A Theory of Leptons paper and his re-connection with Glashow on SU(5). Georgi discuses his contributions to quantum chromodynamics (QCD) and supersymmetry, "unparticle theory," and he assesses the impact of the rise and fall of the Superconducting Super Collider (SSC) on high energy physics. At the end of the interview, Georgi reflects on his career as a teacher of physics and as a mentor to graduate students, he considers the future of theoretical particle physics, and he discusses the ongoing work that the physics community needs to do with issues relating to inclusivity.
American theoretical physicist. Ph.D. Yale University (1971). Professional experience includes: from research fellow to Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and Harvard College Professor, Harvard University (1971-).
Georgi, Howard
Glashow, Sheldon L.
Sommerfield, Charles Michael
Harvard University.
Yale University
Quantum chromodynamics
Superconducting Super Collider
Supersymmetry
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Zierler, David, 1979-, interviewer.
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American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
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