Murray Gell-Mann, who transformed physics with his preternatural ability to find hidden patterns among the tiny particles that make up the universe, earning a Nobel Prize, died on Friday at his ...

Murray Gell-Mann, the Nobel laureate physicist who died Friday, May 24, at age 89, also lived two lives. But both were spent learning — about how the world works. In his first life Gell-Mann was ...

Murray Gell-Mann’s discoveries illuminated the most puzzling aspects of nature, and changed science forever. By Sean Carroll Dr. Carroll is a theoretical physicist at the California Institute of ...

Murray Gell-Mann made many pioneering contributions to particle physics. (Credit: CERN) The theoretical particle physicist Murray Gell-Mann, who was awarded the 1969 Nobel Prize for Physics, has died ...

Murray Gell-Mann started early. He entered Yale University at age 15. After receiving his B.S. there, he worked with Enrico Fermi at the University of Chicago. He obtained his PhD from MIT and in ...

Kragh notes that the origin of the totalitarian principle in physics is usually attributed to Murray Gell-Mann, the Nobel laureate who died in May at the age of 89. But many sources, Kragh notes ...

In this charming clip from an interview with Murray Gell-Mann, the Nobel-winning physicist explains the compelling logic behind his choice not to commit suicide. Hint: You can always commit ...

The great American physicist Murray Gell-Mann recently died of old age. He was born in 1929, made most of his important contributions to particle physics a half century ago, and departed from the ...

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Physicist Murray Gell-Mann was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1969 for his discoveries related to elementary particles—one of which he whimsically named quarks after perusing a rather famous literary work ...

Murray Gell-Mann started early. He entered Yale University at age 15. After receiving his B.S. there, he worked with Enrico Fermi at the University of Chicago. He obtained his PhD from MIT and in ...