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Unrestricted Immigration and the Foreign Dominance Of
Unrestricted Immigration and the Foreign Dominance of United States Nobel Prize Winners in Science: Irrefutable Data and Exemplary Family Narratives—Backup Data and Information Andrew A. Beveridge, Queens and Graduate Center CUNY and Social Explorer, Inc. Lynn Caporale, Strategic Scientific Advisor and Author The following slides were presented at the recent meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. This project and paper is an outgrowth of that session, and will combine qualitative data on Nobel Prize Winners family histories along with analyses of the pattern of Nobel Winners. The first set of slides show some of the patterns so far found, and will be augmented for the formal paper. The second set of slides shows some examples of the Nobel families. The authors a developing a systematic data base of Nobel Winners (mainly US), their careers and their family histories. This turned out to be much more challenging than expected, since many winners do not emphasize their family origins in their own biographies or autobiographies or other commentary. Dr. Caporale has reached out to some laureates or their families to elicit that information. We plan to systematically compare the laureates to the population in the US at large, including immigrants and non‐immigrants at various periods. Outline of Presentation • A preliminary examination of the 609 Nobel Prize Winners, 291 of whom were at an American Institution when they received the Nobel in physics, chemistry or physiology and medicine • Will look at patterns of -
Steven Weinberg Cv Born
STEVEN WEINBERG CV BORN: May 3, 1933, in New York, N.Y. EDUCATION: Cornell University, 1950–1954 (A.B., 1954) Copenhagen Institute for Theoretical Physics, 1954–1955 Princeton University, 1955–1957 (Ph.D.,1957). HONORARY DEGREES: Harvard University, A.M., 1973 Knox College, D.Sc., 1978 University of Chicago, Sc.D., 1978 University of Rochester, Sc.D., l979 Yale University, Sc.D., 1979 City University of New York,Sc.D., 1980 Clark University, Sc.D., 1982 Dartmouth College, Sc.D., 1984 Weizmann Institute, Ph.D. Hon.Caus., 1985 Washington College, D.Litt., 1985 Columbia University, Sc.D., 1990 University of Salamanca, Sc.D., 1992 University of Padua, Ph.D. Hon.Caus., 1992 University of Barcelona, Sc.D., 1996 Bates College, Sc. D., 2002 McGill University, Sc. D., 2003 University of Waterloo, Sc. D., 2004 Renssalear Polytechnic Institue, Sc. D., 2016 Rockefeller University, Sc. D., 2017 PRESENT POSITION: Josey Regental Professor of Science, University of Texas, 1982– PAST POSITIONS: Columbia University, 1957–1959 Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, 1959–1960 University of California, Berkeley, 1960–1969 On leave, Imperial College, London, 1961–1962 Steven Weinberg 2 Became full professor, 1964 On leave, Harvard University, 1966–1967 On leave, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967–1969 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969–1973, Professor of Physics Harvard University, 1973–1983, Higgins Professor of Physics On leave 1976–1977, as Visiting Professor of Physics, Stanford University Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 1973-1983, Senior -
Al-Nahl Volume 13 Number 3
Q3/2003 Vol. 13 No. 3 Al-Nahl A Quarterly Publication of Majlis Ansarullah, U.S.A. Baitul-Futuh: Islamic jewel in the heart of England. Exterior and Interior views. Special Issue of the Al-Nahl on the Life of Hadrat Dr. Mufti Muhammad Sadiq, radiyallahu ‘anhu. 60 pages, $2. Special Issue on Dr. Abdus Salam. 220 pages, 42 color and B&W pictures, $3. Ansar Ansar (Ansarullah News) is published monthly by Majlis Ansarullah U.S.A. and is sent free of charge to all Ansar in the U.S. Ordering Information: Send a check or money order in the indicated amount along with your order to Chaudhary Mushtaq Ahmad, 15000 Good Hope Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20905. Price includes shipping and handling within the continental U.S. Conditions of Bai‘at, Pocket-Size Edition Majlis Ansarullah, U.S.A. has published the ten conditions of initiation into the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in pocket size brochure. Contact your local officials for a free copy or write to Ansar Publications, 15000 Good Hope Rd, Silver Spring MD 20905. Razzaq and Farida A story for children written by Dr. Yusef A. Lateef. Children and new Muslims, all can read and enjoy this story. It makes a great gift for the children of Ahmadi, Non-Ahmadi and Non- Muslim relatives, friends and acquaintances. The book contains colorful drawings. Please send $1.50 per copy to Chaudhary Mushtaq Ahmad, 15000 Good Hope Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20905 with your mailing address and phone number. Majlis Ansarullah U.S.A. will pay the postage and handling within the continental U.S. -
Richard Lieu
Richard Lieu E-mail address: [email protected] Academic Qualifications: Oct., 1975 - June, 1978: BSc (1st class honors), Imperial College London, Major in Physics. Oct., 1978 - June, 1981: DIC, PhD, Imperial College London. Thesis title: Radiation Transport within the source of Hard Cosmic X-ray Photons. Career Record 21 June, 2008 - present: 10th Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics, University of Alabama in Huntsville. 14 Sept., 2013 - 21 Jan., 2015, Chair of the Department of Physics, Univer- sity of Alabama in Huntsville. 20 Aug., 2004 - 20 June, 2008: Professor at the Department of Physics, University of Alabama, Huntsville. 16 Aug., 1999 - present: Associate Professor at the Department of Physics, University of Alabama, Huntsville. 16 Aug., 1995 - 15 Aug., 1999: Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics, University of Alabama, Huntsville. 1 1 Nov., 1991 - 15 Aug., 1995: Assistant Research Astronomer at the Center for EUV Astrophysics, University of California, Berkeley. 1 Aug., 1985 - 31 Oct., 1991: Research Assistant at the Astrophysics Group, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London, England. 1 Aug., 1981 - 30 June, 1985: Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Sessional Instructor at the Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, and at the Dept. of Electrical Engineering, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Awards and Prizes UAH Foundation Researcher of the year award, April 2007. Sigma Xi Huntsville chapter `researcher of the year' award, with Lloyd W. Hillman, April 2005. Three times `Discovery of the year award', 1995, 1994, and 1993, Center for EUV Astrophysics, UC Berkeley. `Outstanding software development of the year award 1993', with James W. Lewis, Center for EUV Astrophysics, UC Berkeley. -
Urdu Syllabus
TUMKUR UINIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF URDU'. SYLLABUS AND TEXT BOOKS UNDER CBCS SCHEME LANGUAGE URDU lst Semester B.A./llsc/B.com/BBM/BCA lffect From 20!6-tz lst Semester B.A. Svllabus: Texts: I' 1. Collection of Prose and Poetry Urdu Language Text Book for First Semister B.A.: Edited by: URDU BOS (UG) (Printed and Published by prasaranga, Bangarore university, Bangalore) 2. Non-detail : Selected 4 Chapters From Text Book Reference Books: 1. Yadgaray Hali Saleha Aabid Hussain 2. lqbal Ka Narang QopiChandt 'i Page 1 z' i!. .F}*$T g_€.9f.*g.,,,E B'A BE$BEE CBU R$E Eenlcprqrerlh'ed:.Ufifi9 TFXT B €KeCn e,A I SEMESTER, : ,1 1;5:. -ll-=-- -i- - 1. padiye Gar Bcemar. 'M,tr*hf ag:A.hmgd-$tib.uf i 1.,gglrEdnre:a E*yl{arsfrt$ay Khwaja Hasan Nizarni 3" M_ugalrnanen Ki GurashthaTaleem Shibll Nomani +. lfilopatra N+y,Ek Moti €hola Sclence Ki Duniya : 5. g,€land:|4i$ ..- Manarir,Aashiq flarganvi PelfTR.Y i X., Hazrathfsmail Ki Viladat .FJafeez,J*lan*ari Naath 2. Hsli Mir.*e6halib 3. lqbal 4. T*j &Iahat 5*-e-ubipe.t{i Saher Ludhianawi ,,, lqbal, Amjad, Akbar {Z Eaehf 6g'**e€{F} i ': 1.. 6azaf W*& 2;1 ' 66;*; JaB:Flis,qf'*kfiit" 4., : €*itrl $hmed Fara:, 4. €azgl Firaq ,5; *- ,Elajrooh 6, Gqzal Shahqr..Y.aar' V. Gazal tiiarnsp{.4i1sruu ' 8. Gaal Narir Kqgrnt NG$I.SE.f*IL.: 1- : .*akF*!h*s ,&ri*an Ch*lrdar; 3. $alartrf,;oat &jendar.Sixgir.Ee t 3-, llfar*€,Ffate Tariq.€-hil*ari 4',,&alandar t'- €hig*lrl*tn:Ftyder' Ah*|.,9 . -
Annual Report 2004
ANNUAL REPORT 2004 HELSINKI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Low Temperature Laboratory Brain Research Unit and Low Temperature Physics Research http://boojum.hut.fi - 2 - PREFACE...............................................................................................................5 SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD .......................................................................7 PERSONNEL .........................................................................................................7 SENIOR RESEARCHERS..................................................................................7 ADMINISTRATION AND TECHNICAL PERSONNEL...................................8 GRADUATE STUDENTS (SUPERVISOR).......................................................8 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS.....................................................................9 VISITORS FOR EU PROJECTS ......................................................................10 OTHER VISITORS ..........................................................................................11 GROUP VISITS................................................................................................13 OLLI V. LOUNASMAA MEMORIAL PRIZE 2004 ............................................15 INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS ..........................................................16 CERN COLLABORATION (COMPASS) ........................................................16 COSLAB (COSMOLOGY IN THE LABORATORY)......................................16 ULTI III - ULTRA LOW TEMPERATURE INSTALLATION -
Nobelprisen I Fysikk 2013
Nr. 4 – 2013 75. årgang Fra Utgiver: Norsk Fysisk Selskap Redaktører: Øyvind Grøn Emil J. Samuelsen Fysik ke ns Redaksjonssekretær: Karl Måseide Innhold Ould-Saada, Raklev og Read: Nobelprisen i fysikk 2013 . 101 Verden Øyvind Grøn: Romelven og treg draeffekt . 104 Emil J. Samuelsen: Friksjon og gli . 111 Frå Redaktørane . 98 In Memoriam . 98 Øystein H. Fischer FFV Gratulerer . 100 Per Chr. Hemmer 80 år Hva skjer . 116 Birkelandforelesningen 2013 Yaras Birkelandpris 2014 Konferanse om kvinner i fysikk Bokomtale . 118 Arnt Inge Vistnes: Svingninger og bølger Trim i FFV . 118 Nye Doktorer . 119 PhD Marit Sandstad Nobelprisvinnerne i fysikk 2013: François Englert (t.v.) og Peter Higgs (Se artikkel om Nobelprisen i fysikk) ISSN-0015-9247 SIDE 98 FRA FYSIKKENS VERDEN 4/13 S ve n O lu f S ør en se n FRA FYSIKKENS VERDEN 4/13 SIDE 99 supraledning, hvor han og hans team gjorde flere fysikkmiljøet i Geneve til Trondheim. Øystein banebrytende oppdagelser av nye fenomen og egen takket jevnlig ja til å delta på vitenskapelige kon skaper som har bidratt til å øke vår forståelse av feranser, workshops og seminar her i Norge, der han disse komplekse materialene. Han er særlig kjent alltid bidro til så vel høy kvalitet som god stemning. for sine studier av magnetiske ternære supraledere På den forskningpolitiske arena ledet han i 1986 den og komplekse oksid supraledere med høy "kri første fysikkevalueringen i regi av det daværende tisk" temperatur (dvs. høy-T c supraledere). Av Norges almenvitenskapelige forskningsråd (NAVF), hans arbeider kan nevnes påvisningen av koeksis den såkalte Fischer-komiteen. -
SHELDON LEE GLASHOW Lyman Laboratory of Physics Harvard University Cambridge, Mass., USA
TOWARDS A UNIFIED THEORY - THREADS IN A TAPESTRY Nobel Lecture, 8 December, 1979 by SHELDON LEE GLASHOW Lyman Laboratory of Physics Harvard University Cambridge, Mass., USA INTRODUCTION In 1956, when I began doing theoretical physics, the study of elementary particles was like a patchwork quilt. Electrodynamics, weak interactions, and strong interactions were clearly separate disciplines, separately taught and separately studied. There was no coherent theory that described them all. Developments such as the observation of parity violation, the successes of quantum electrodynamics, the discovery of hadron resonances and the appearance of strangeness were well-defined parts of the picture, but they could not be easily fitted together. Things have changed. Today we have what has been called a “standard theory” of elementary particle physics in which strong, weak, and electro- magnetic interactions all arise from a local symmetry principle. It is, in a sense, a complete and apparently correct theory, offering a qualitative description of all particle phenomena and precise quantitative predictions in many instances. There is no experimental data that contradicts the theory. In principle, if not yet in practice, all experimental data can be expressed in terms of a small number of “fundamental” masses and cou- pling constants. The theory we now have is an integral work of art: the patchwork quilt has become a tapestry. Tapestries are made by many artisans working together. The contribu- tions of separate workers cannot be discerned in the completed work, and the loose and false threads have been covered over. So it is in our picture of particle physics. Part of the picture is the unification of weak and electromagnetic interactions and the prediction of neutral currents, now being celebrated by the award of the Nobel Prize. -
Master of Science PHYSICS PROGRAM
Master of Science PHYSICS PROGRAM STRUCTURE AND SYLLABUS 2019-20 ADMISSION ONWARDS (UNDER MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY PGCSS REGULATIONS 2019) BOARD OF STUDIES IN PHYSICS (PG) MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY 2019 MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY, KOTTAYAM Board of Studies in Physics (P G) 1. Dr.Ambika .K, Associate Professor,Department of Physics, Devaswom Board college, Thalayolaparambu (CHAIRPERSON) 2. Dr. G.Vinod ,Associate Professor,Department of Physics, SreeSankara College, Kalady 3. Sri .Jacob George .Associate Professor,Department of Physics, Government College,Nattakom, Kottayam 4. Dr.Anila.E.I., Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Union Christian College, Aluva. 5. Dr.Jeeju.P.P. Associate Professor, Department of Physics, S.N.M.College Maliankara 6. Sri.Santhosh Jacob, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Marthoma College Thiruvalla 7. Prof. Mary Jelthruth.K.V, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, St.Pauls College,Kalamassery 8. Dr. Vinu.T.P, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics,,N.S.S. Hindu College ,Changanassery . 9. Dr.Raneesh. B, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics,Catholicate College , Pathanamthitta . 10. Sri.Anand .A , Associate Professor, Department of Physics, M.G. College Thiruvananathapuram. 11. Sri.Prince P.R., Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University CollegeThiruvananathapuram. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The P.G. Board of studies expresses our sincere thanks to the honorable Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Dr. Sabu Thomas, for the guidance and help extended to us during the restructuring of M.Sc Physics syllabus to suit the Credit and Semester System. The vision and experience in the realm of higher education that he shared with us on various occasions have been helpful and encouraging. We thank Dr.R.Pragash,(Syndicate Member), for the wholehearted support and for the constant monitoring of the process. -
Going Massive Have Frequently Been One of Them
excitement — then gives an accurate primer on the standard model of particle physics. He enumerates the forces and particles, and discusses the role of quantum fields and symmetries, as well as the accelerators and detectors that provide the evidence to keep C. MARCELLONI/CERN the crazy concepts rooted in reality. Towards the end of the book, Carroll touches on the discovery’s impact. I could have done without the Winnie the Pooh-style subtitles to each chapter, such as “In which we suggest that everything in the universe is made out of fields”. But this is a minor flaw and, elsewhere, he discusses the issues and events with passion and clarity. An example is the moment, nine days after the LHC was switched on in 2008, when one-eighth of it suffered a catastrophic leak of liquid helium. Or, as Carroll accurately puts it, “it exploded”. The disappointment, the challenges of explaining the event to the public and of dealing with the alleged risks of turning on the machine — ‘Black holes will eat you!’ — are beautifully done. Josef Kristofoletti’s massive mural of the ATLAS particle detector adorns a building at CERN. Carroll gives a sense of the intensity (and the international nature) of the effort of PARTICLE PHYSICS building and running the LHC. I was not surprised by his report that 1 in 16 of the passengers passing through Geneva airport are in some way associated with CERN. I Going massive have frequently been one of them. And that is just the tip of an iceberg of teleconferences, Jonathan Butterworth enjoys the latest chronicle e-mails, night shifts and a general shortage of the hunt for the ‘most wanted’ particle. -
Roman Jackiw: a Beacon in a Golden Period of Theoretical Physics
Roman Jackiw: A Beacon in a Golden Period of Theoretical Physics Luc Vinet Centre de Recherches Math´ematiques, Universit´ede Montr´eal, Montr´eal, QC, Canada [email protected] April 29, 2020 Abstract This text offers reminiscences of my personal interactions with Roman Jackiw as a way of looking back at the very fertile period in theoretical physics in the last quarter of the 20th century. To Roman: a bouquet of recollections as an expression of friendship. 1 Introduction I owe much to Roman Jackiw: my postdoctoral fellowship at MIT under his supervision has shaped my scientific life and becoming friend with him and So Young Pi has been a privilege. Looking back at the last decades of the past century gives a sense without undue nostalgia, I think, that those were wonderful years for Theoretical Physics, years that have witnessed the preeminence of gauge field theories, deep interactions with modern geometry and topology, the overwhelming revival of string theory and remarkably fruitful interactions between particle and condensed matter physics as well as cosmology. Roman was a main actor in these developments and to be at his side and benefit from his guidance and insights at that time was most fortunate. Owing to his leadership and immense scholarship, also because he is a great mentor, Roman has always been surrounded by many and has thus arXiv:2004.13191v1 [physics.hist-ph] 27 Apr 2020 generated a splendid network of friends and colleagues. Sometimes, with my own students, I reminisce about how it was in those days; I believe it is useful to keep a memory of the way some important ideas shaped up and were relayed. -
Nobel Prize for Physics, 1979
Nobel Prize for Physics, 1979 Abdus Sal am Physics' most prestigious accolade forces is a significant milestone in goes this year to Sheldon Glashow, the constant quest to describe as Abdus Salam and Steven Weinberg much as possible of the world for their work in elucidating the inter around us from a minimal set of actions of elementary particles, and initial ideas. in particular for the development of 'At first sight there may be little or the theory which unifies the electro no similarity between electromag magnetic and weak forces. netic effects and the phenomena This synthesis of two of the basic associated with weak interactions', forces of nature must be reckoned as wrote Sheldon Glashow in 1960. one of the crowning achievements 'Yet remarkable parallels emerge...' of a century which has already seen Both kinds of interactions affect the birth of both quantum mechanics leptons and hadrons; both appear to and relativity. be 'vector' interactions brought Electromagnetism and the weak about by the exchange of particles force might appear to have little to carrying unit spin and negative pari do with each other. Electromagne ty; both have their own universal tism is our everyday world — it holds coupling constant which governs the atoms together and produces light, strength of the interactions. while the weak force was for a long These vital clues led Glashow to time known only for the relatively propose an ambitious theory which obscure phenomenon of beta-decay attempted to unify the two forces. radioactivity. However there was one big difficul The successful unification of these ty, which Glashow admitted had to two apparently highly dissimilar be put to one side.