Epstein Secrets

lating the weak interac- tion to electromagnetism that he encouraged one of his dozen graduate students at Harvard at the time to explore the issue. Sheldon Glashow graduated in 1958 with a thesis on the subject and continued to explore the issue for the next few years as a National Science Foundation post- doc

the issue for the next few years as a National Science Foundation post- doctoral researcher in Copenhagen. In his Nobel lecture twenty years later, Glashow indicated that he and Schwinger had planned to write a manuscript on the subject after Glashow graduated, but one of them lost the first draft of t

and was invited (in 1966) to speak at several locations in the USA, where he was spending a sabbati- cal year. After Higgs's talk at Harvard, where Sheldon Glashow was now a professor, Glashow apparently complimented him on having invented a "nice model" and moved on. Such was the fixation on the strong in- te

at they sneaked out of the dining room during meals. Higgs didn't have the opportunity to join the discussions then and therefore didn't learn from Glashow about his novel proposal for unifying the electromagnetic and weak forces, which he had already submitted for publication. 2P_Glealer-StoryEverTol

ughtful venue. I was very impressed with the quality of the work and the list of illustrious contributors. I'm honored to be invited to contribute.” Sheldon Glashow Nobel Prize, Metcalf Professor of Mathematics and Physics at Boston University and Higgins Professor of Physics, emeritus, at Harvard University. “

sis is like. It is not easy, and I have tried.” Gerald Holton American physicist, historian of science, and educator. “Thank you for sending me Mr. Glashow's remarkable and engaging essay.” Jim Hudspeth Laboratory of Sensory Neuroscience at The Rockefeller University. “Wow! I am very impressed by both