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Sheldon Glashow, American theoretical physicist who, with Steven Weinberg and Abdus Salam, received the 1979 Nobel Prize for Physics for their complementary efforts in formulating the electroweak theory, which explains the unity of electromagnetism and the weak force.

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The Nobel Prize in Physics 1979 was awarded jointly to Sheldon Lee Glashow, Abdus Salam and Steven Weinberg "for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles, including, inter alia, the prediction of the weak neutral current"

Sheldon Lee Glashow. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1979. Born: 5 December 1932, New York, NY, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: Harvard University, Lyman Laboratory, Cambridge, MA, USA. Prize motivation: “for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles, including ...

Steven Weinberg. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1979 was awarded jointly to Sheldon Lee Glashow, Abdus Salam and Steven Weinberg "for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles, including, inter alia, the prediction of the weak neutral current".

Sheldon Lee Glashow ( US: / ˈɡlæʃoʊ /, [1] [2] UK: / ˈɡlæʃaʊ /; [3] born December 5, 1932) is an American theoretical physicist. He is the Metcalf Professor of Mathematics and Physics at Boston University. He is also a professor emeritus, at Harvard University. He is known for his works about the unification of electroweak interactions.

Sheldon Lee Glashow is a Nobel Prize-winning American theoretical physicist. He is the Metcalf Professor of Mathematics and Physics at Boston University and Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics, emeritus, at Harvard University, and is a member of the board of sponsors for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

PhD, Harvard University. Teaches KHC PY 101: Energy. Professor Sheldon Glashow has been a professor of physics at Boston University for 30 years. He developed important theories of electromagnetic and nuclear particle interaction while studying at Harvard University.