▁Gl ash ow , ▁whose ▁own ▁research , ▁independent ▁of ▁Wein berg ' s , ▁would ▁result ▁in ▁their ▁( and ▁Abd us ▁Sal am ) ▁sharing ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 9 ▁Nobel ▁in ▁Physics ▁( see ▁below ). ▁ ▁Wein berg ▁received ▁his ▁b ach elor ' s ▁degree ▁from ▁Corn ell ▁University ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 4 . ▁There ▁he ▁res ided ▁at ▁the ▁Tell ur ide ▁House . ▁He ▁then ▁went ▁to ▁the ▁N iels ▁Bo hr ▁Institute ▁in ▁C open hagen ▁where ▁he ▁started ▁his ▁gradu ate ▁studies ▁and ▁research . ▁After ▁one ▁year , ▁Wein berg ▁moved ▁to ▁Pr inc eton ▁University ▁where ▁he ▁earned ▁his ▁Ph D ▁degree ▁in ▁physics ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 7 , ▁for ▁research ▁super vised ▁by ▁ ▁Sam ▁Tre iman . ▁ ▁Career ▁and ▁research ▁After ▁comple ting ▁his ▁Ph D , ▁Wein berg ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁post do ctor al ▁research er ▁at ▁Columbia ▁University ▁( 1 9 5 7 – 1 9 5 9 ) ▁and ▁University ▁of ▁California , ▁Ber keley ▁( 1 9 5 9 ) ▁and ▁then ▁he ▁was ▁promoted ▁to ▁fac ulty ▁at ▁Ber keley ▁( 1 9 6 0 – 1 9 6 6 ). ▁He ▁did ▁research ▁in ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁topics ▁of ▁particle ▁physics , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁high ▁energy ▁behavior ▁of ▁quantum ▁field ▁theory , ▁symmetry ▁breaking , ▁p ion ▁scatter ing , ▁inf ra red ▁phot ons ▁and ▁quantum ▁gravity . ▁It ▁was ▁also ▁during ▁this ▁time ▁that