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1988 Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to Leon M. Lederman
In 1988, Leon Lederman won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the muon neutrino at Brookhaven National Laboratory in 1962. He shared the prize with his experiment co-leaders, Melvin Schwartz and Jack Steinberger. The winners of the prize were announced on October 19, 1988 and Lederman and his colleagues received their prizes at a ceremony on December 10.
Leon M. Lederman Nobel Prize Content
- New Type of Neutrino Discovered in Columbia-Brookhaven Experiment, press release by Brookhaven National Laboratory — July 1, 1962
- Fermilab Chief Shares Nobel Prize — October 20, 1988
- Lederman's Nobel Prize Thank You Card — October 28, 1988
- Lederman is a "Nobel Guy"!! — November 4, 1988
Lederman receiving the Nobel Prize for Physics from King Carl XVI Gustaf, December 10, 1988.
Related Resources
- The scientific paper announcing the discovery, "Observation of High-Energy Neutrino Reactions and the Existence of Two Kinds of Neutrinos," July 1962
- "Observations in Particle Physics from Two Neutrinos to the Standard Model," a "Golden Book" by Lederman, 1988