Benjamin W. Lee
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| Benjamin Wiso Lee | |
| Born | January 1, 1935 Seoul, Korea (Gyeongseong, Empire of Japan) |
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| Died | June 16, 1977 (aged 42) Illinois, United States |
| Nationality |  United States |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | University of Pennsylvania Institute for Advanced Study Stony Brook University University of Chicago Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory |
| Alma mater | Kyunggi High School Seoul National University Miami University University of Pittsburgh University of Pennsylvania |
| Doctoral advisor | Abraham Klein |
| Known for | Weak Interaction Gauge theory |
Benjamin Wiso Lee (Korean language: 이휘소, Lee Whi-so) (January 1, 1935 - June 16, 1977) was a Korean-American theoretical physicist, born in Seoul, Korea. Lee was a professor of physics at SUNY at Stony Brook, University of Chicago, and head of the theoretical physics department at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. He graduated from Miami University and received a masters degree from the University of Pittsburgh, and his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. On June 16, 1977, he was killed in a car accident not far from Kewanee, Illinois. He was regarded by his peers as a world-class elementary particle physicist at the time of his sudden death. He was particularly well regarded by Steven Weinberg, a Nobel Laureate.
Lee studied symmetry principles and weak interactions.
[edit] External links
- In Memoriam Benjamin W. Lee (Fermilab)
- Benjamin W. Lee, Benjamin W. Lee by Chris Quigg and Steven Weinberg (Physics Today, Sep 1977)
- Benjamin Lee comments on HEP discoveries (May 13, 1976)
- Ben Lee Memorial International Conference at Fermi Lab
- Benjamin Whiso Lee: Korea's Oppenheimer? by Moo-Young Han
- A Model of Leptons (an APS News interview with Steven Weinberg)
- Gerardus 't Hooft – Autobiography (for The Nobel Prize in Physics 1999)
- The Dilemma of Attribution by David Politzer for the Nobel Lecture in 2004
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