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I came to graduate school at Harvard University in 1954. My thesis supervisor, Julian Schwinger, had about a dozen doctoral students at a time. Getting his ear was as difficult as it was rewarding. I called my thesis 'The Vector Meson in Elementary Particle Decays', and it showed an early commitment to an electroweak synthesis. Sheldon Lee Glashow callcommitmentdecay share on social
From 1958 to 1966, I was in exile. I just wandered around teaching, waiting for an offer from Harvard. Sheldon Lee Glashow exileharvardoffer Change image and share on social
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. Sheldon Lee Glashow begincoherentdiscipline share on social
There is no doubt that, as a society, we have become blase about the importance of marriage as a stabilising influence and less inclined to prize it as a worthwhile institution. Keith O'Brien blasedoubtimportance Change image and share on social
Since the days of Greece and Rome, when the word 'citizen' was a title of honor, we have often seen more emphasis put on the rights of citizenship than on its responsibilities. Robert Kennedy citizencitizenshipday Change image and share on social