In Search of Nature’s Laws
Steven Weinberg died on July 23rd
Obituary | In search of nature’s lawsThe theoretical physicist who united two of the known forces of the universe was 88AS HE LIKED to tell it, there were three epiphanies in Steven Weinberg’s life. The first came in a wooden box. It was a chemistry set, passed on by a cousin who was tired of it. As he played with the chemicals in it, and found that each reacted differently because of atoms, a vast thought struck him: if he learned about atoms, he would know how the whole world worked.This article appeared in the Obituary section of the print edition under the headline “Nature’s laws”From the July 31st 2021 editionDiscover stories from this section and more in the list of contentsExplore the edition