Word: rubbia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...source said that in response to Glashow's remarks, Rubbia, who won the Nobel for discovering the W and Z particles, wrote a letter to the Physics Department chairman threatening to leave Harvard, the source said...
...Rubbia retracted his threat after Glashow showed him a copy of a letter he wrote to Time, clarifying his comments on the book and upholding Rubbia's integrity, the source said...
...telephone interview from Geneva, Switzerland Saturday, Rubbia refused to comment on his threatened resignation...
However, several professors and staff members in the Physics Department said they had heard Rubbia threatened to resign. Glashow refused to comment on whether Rubbia had threatened to resign but added that such action would be in character for his colleague...
...book focuses on an experiment Rubbia conducted in 1984 in which he expected to uncover a sixth particle, which would fulfill a prediction he had made earlier and, the book says, insure his winning a Nobel. However, after Rubbia won the Nobel, the sixth particle turned out to be a fluke...