Science (1999) and was elected to the American National Academy of Engineering as a Foreign Associate in 2001. The Hugh Edwards Lifetime Achievement Award for contributions to Combustion Physics has been conferred on him in 2005 (Institute of Physics). As a survivor of Nazi concentration camps he was highly critical of fraudulent Holocaust memoirs. His own account of his experiences in Nazi concentration camps 'Boy 30529: A Memoir', was published in 2013, shortly after his death. He was one of 900 children rescued by Antonín Kalina, a Czech citizen who is mentioned as Righteous Among the Nations. References Further reading Faculty biography, Imperial College Interview with Weinberg, published as part of Imperial College's centenary celebrations. 1928 births 2012 deaths British physicists Fellows of the Royal Society Academics of Imperial College London British Jews Jewish scientists