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...theory not only explained these infinite values, it showed that they contained information which allowed for a fuller understanding of the relevant physics.Wilson was among the physicists of the 1970s who developed Standard Theory, the current model of particle physics that refined quantum field theory. Michael E. Peskin ’73, who was Wilson’s doctoral advisee at Cornell and is now a professor at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, recalls how Wilson synthesized all of elementary particle physics into the Standard Theory at a seminar in 1974.Wilson drew boxes on a long blackboard, and each...

Author: By Virginia A. Fisher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Physicist Shapes Modern Thought | 6/3/2006 | See Source »

DIED. BRIAN BLAINE REYNOLDS, 89, brash sports photographer of the '40s and '50s, and one of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED's first hires, known until 1964 as HY PESKIN; of kidney disease; in Herzliyya, Israel. Darting into seemingly unreachable spots, he captured such indelible images as Ben Hogan, left, wielding a 1-iron at the approach to the 18th hole at the 1950 U.S. Open and Joe DiMaggio finishing his grand swing at the 1949 All-Star game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Jun. 20, 2005 | 6/12/2005 | See Source »

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