Weinberg

British  

/ ˈwaɪnbɜːɡ /

noun

1. Steven. born 1933, US physicist, who shared the Nobel prize for physics (1979) with Sheldon Glashow and Abdus Salam for his role in formulating the electroweak theory

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Weinberg Scientific  

/ wīn′bûrg′ /

1. American nuclear physicist who helped develop the theory of the electroweak force, explaining the relationship between two of the four fundamental forces of nature, the electromagnetic force and the weak force. For this work he shared with Sheldon Glashow and Abdus Salam the 1979 Nobel Prize for physics.

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Example Sentences

Gallio studies how temperature shapes biology and is the Soretta and Henry Shapiro Research Professor in Molecular Biology as well as a professor of neurobiology at Northwestern's Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

“Although we’re celebrating the Lunar New Year, we are also celebrating our neighbors,” Mamie Hong Weinberg, parade chair and vice president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of L.A., told KABC.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026

While risk markets’ muscle memory is strong, nothing was solved by the events of the past week, observes Carl B. Weinberg, the veteran head of High Frequency Economics.

From Barron's • Jan. 24, 2026

Lawrence A. Cunningham is the director of the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance at the University of Delaware and author of many books on Berkshire Hathaway, including “The Essays of Warren Buffett.”

From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025

“Dr. Weinberg said my pixies were upsetting her golem.”

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton