The Incredible Steven Weinberg (1933-2021) - Sixty Symbols 

"But if there is no solace in the fruits of our research, there is at least some consolation in the research itself ... the effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life a little above the level of farce, and gives it some of the grace of tragedy." Steven Weinberg. "Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men must, I think, have great sadness on earth." Dostoevsky.

My favorite Weinberg story is when he went to visit DeBroglie at his Chateau. Weinberg said that DeBroglie's butler welcomed him at the door and asked the purpose of his visit. He said that he was there to see Professor DeBroglie. The Butler stood there, unmoving, and said, "The Prince does not answer to that title at his home". Weinberg thought a second and said, "I am here to see Prince DeBroglie". The butler, then let him in.

RIP. Thanks for educating us on a bit of his contributions and legacy, a fitting tribute.

I am a high school student and I also mailed him few months ago regarding some questions relating to particle physics to which he very politely answered back that he didn't had time for me. After hearing the unfortunate news I felt so touched and connected like with no one else. The moment shocked me so much that I couldn't think of anything else. Thank you STEVEN SIR. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID.

Along with the science and alongside it, Weinberg was a fantastic moral guide and ethical philosopher. The short number of hours I've listened to him were completely compelling. His dismissal of notions that require the supernatural is as well spoken as any, he epitomized the perfect teacher spreading wisdom.

Man I can't believe this. He is one my favourites. His book on General Relatively - Gravitation and Cosmology is my favourite book. I'm studying General Relativity in my masters course, my love for GTR enhanced by his book. Love him. Legend. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ From Nepal 🇳🇵

His textbooks are dense yet they’re a fascinating read! He really provides a hardcore approach to explaining physics you don’t get anywhere else. (Even though in his book on GR he vaguely mentions black holes, his reasoning for "classical GR" and evidence based cosmology is incredible.)

I was lucky enough to attend one of his courses as an undergraduate. He loved talking about the ancient theories of physics, like from ancient greece and egypt. I will miss him.

Really enjoyable to see such eminent speakers unapologetically extolling the qualities of a member of their field; almost bursting with enthusiasm just to voice their deep respect and gratitude.

The title said 1933-2021 and I just knew it was gonna be a sad morning.

"I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter." - Pascal said that, and it sounds like Weinberg had the knack.

RIP Steven Weinberg. A legend in modern physics. I loved reading his books about quantum theory of fields. A complex subject but he had the talent to make it interesting and fascinating.

This is an excellent video, and is very well edited to present a seamless development of the ideas involved by 2 excellent speakers, who are presenting their viewpoints so eloquently with just a few questions from the interviewer. Amazing quality of discussion and synthesis.

The best of Weinberg is: "I don't make the believing in god impossible, I make the not believing in god possible"

Reading Weinberg's book on quantum field theory as a mathematician was completely incomprehensible.

Steven Weinberg will be remembered as one of the truly outstanding physicists of our era. He made seminal contributions and shaped research agendas in so many different areas of our subject. Very sad to hear of his passing.

What's ironic about what Ed said about the hindsight and being blown away by a 50 year old paper and it's beauty, the same way as a young layperson with all our modern music and art, listens to The Beatles and is just struck in amazement and appreciation

10:59 The specialness of a ground-breaking paper only two and a half pages long, makes me think of the quote: "If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter". Except in cases such as Weinberg's, we can transform the quote to: "If I had more insight, I would have written a shorter paper". Aspirational for most of us; realised by Weinberg.

Does anyone else find it astonishing that the organization and properties of all these particles could be described by human mathematics less than 70 years after the first observations of radioactivity? The microscopic physical constituents of our reality, derived from calculations that actually make sense to our minds. That amazes me.

I would say out of my physics class at Imperial (a great deal of which was spent in the lecture hall in which Weinberg was speaking), a good 80% of us had read _The First Three Minutes_ at school and had been inspired by it.

Wow! Just read his “The First Three Minutes”… an excellent read. Rest In Peace!

"The First Three Minutes", a book that I will never forget.

Ed always has a personal connection, like carrying Hawking down some stairs.

This is a really wonderful video - thanks for taking the time to make it and share it.

The only mistake this wonderful tribute to Weinberg has is that is has far too few views

It's interesting what Ed Copeland says at the end. Physics is somewhat stagnant. All hard science is like this: 1 or 2 breakthroughs, then A LOT of gruntwork on top of them to develop the field and, then... Kinda waiting for the next breakthrough. Since the half of the last century, we've been mostly doing the gruntwork. And we're exhausting the last breakthroughs (within our current technical capabilities, of course). Also, because we often don't see a breakthrough for what it really is, initially, there's no sure way of knowing when it will come, if it's on its way, if it's already here in some sense... I still hope I live to see at least 1 of those fully realized. It'd be a beautiful thing to witness.

alone the fact that this video is about weinberg, but Richard Feynman got cited so often shows you the importance of Feynman.

one of my all time favorite books is Weinberg's "The First Three Minutes", an absolute must have !!!

Weinberg had the gift of insight. He knew so well of what he was dealing with, the vision was in the real physics of the matter, not the math of the math, like so many of us get trapped inside, disjointed from the matter it represents.

Very interesting, informative and worthwhile video.

As a layman I enjoyed his book Dreams of a Final Theory.

Sheldon and Mr Weinberg I love the way your faces light up talking about science we should hear and know more of these premier legends, thanks how amazing.

his textbooks on Quantum Field Theory are still the gold standard, although extremely difficult

If Weinberg wrote a 2 1/2 page paper today, with no literature review, no impact statement, no lengthy arguments and explanations of figures etc .. would it ever get published?

Weinberg fue un físico increíble, y sin duda su nombre debe y será recordado. Thank you for this video in honor of this giant man.

Roger Penrose won the 2020 Nobel Prize for a paper written in 1965 that was barely 3 pages long. I see a pattern.

"There's nothing in the laws of physics that says Theoretical Physicists have to be happy." -Best quote I heard a scuentist say.

Didn't know he died. RIP.

Everyone misses him here at the University of Texas. He was a giant for sure.

2:40 In the 19th Century, 70-year old looking scientists turn out to have died aged 48.

I’m shocked I’m only finding about this now. Wow, what a giant of physics, what a clear minded thinker, original thinker, educator and humanist.

Thank you for this lovely tribute.

Weinberg was amazing but I would love to see Salam and his independent discovery as well.

I would love a lengthy video on the Kaluza-Klein theory.

The life cycle of a great scientist has come to an end. His oustanding contribution to science stays with us.

The closer we get to a complete model, the less chance of superstars appearing.

RIP, great noble person. Heariest condolences to the family and friends. And what a great tribute you guys have given remembering him, his achievements, all those amazing works. Love and Blessings.

Amazing how modest they are.. for an undergrad like me they're superstars

What a beautiful tribute to professor Weinberg. Thank you!

Rest in Peace Steven. You were a genius amongst geniuses.

RIP Big Steve!

RIP Prof Weinberg. His book, The First Three Minutes is a masterpiece. Must read for all Science literates...

I so enjoy science in the context of the men and women that make it happen. Hopefully Mr Weinberg's atoms will recombine into someone equally remarkable some time in the future!

If Mr. Copeland is talking about 1992 Black Wednesday, I was in the UK for two years then, but being paid in dollars. So, the opposite situation. A few days after it started, and things really got bad for the pound, friends and I all made it down to Cambridge and London and came back with hundreds of pounds of music from all the record shops. Since all of my bills were also in dollars, only local prices changed for us. I felt very bad, because it was mostly an excuse for all the Euroskeptics to lord it all over the press (funny how that seems relevant again), but I did pick up some excellent music.

I have seen a lot of physics videos here and elsewhere involving unified forces, yet I have absolutely no idea what unification means in this context.

Why is it that I am told what Kim Kardashian is doing every moment of the day, but it's 10 days after that I find out a Nobel physicist has died?

Excellent recollections and tribute to Weinberg. Thank you for producing that. Interesting comment about the problem with the LHC being that they haven’t found anything Weinberg didn’t predict! It’s all very well to gather observational support for our existing theories, but you really want to discover new things. Surely the solution to what dark matter and dark energy are will produce such new physics. Not to mention finally understanding what gravity is. There must be young brilliant minds out there working on it and perhaps eventually able to distill their theory into a 2.5 page paper!

Get a lead shield around Kip Thorne

Sixty Symbols, do a video on Emmy Noether!

1992 was a tough year for those in the UK to study abroad (GBP depeg).

Although I didn't realize it at the time, reading "Dreams of a Final Theory" had a profound effect on my teenage self.

Nice video.

Love these folks. Long may it last.

RIP…..Weinberg was a giant of a man and will be greatly missed.

I wonder what the world would be like if you had gone to Weinberg for fellowship?

Love to listen... Them

He was a great man, but I really had a problem with his fervent hatred of the ISS, especially given that most of that was about the budget allocated to it by the government when less than half of a percent of the US budget goes to spaceflight. Felt like punching at the wrong people.

tribute of the highest degree to a legendary physicist and an excellent human being

Excellent... thanks 🙏.

Really thought you started out this video saying, "I bless him as one of the theoretical physicists....". We may need 16 or 17 different people, just to _attempt_ makeup for the hole his passing will leave in the field. RIP Steven Weinberg

Pity you didn't do one for Freeman Dyson when he passed away not so long ago.

Steven Weinberg was one of the great physicists, sad to see him go.

Deviations from the standardodel are merely statistical. At much higher energies, you would get heavier quarks with more statistical deviations in decay products up to mesons.

oh don't worry Prof Copeland...something'll pop up...it always does...

How do we get the video lecture of Weinberg ?

Something about Steven I really appreciate and admire. Beautiful man.

how do we get the video lecture of Weinberg in London 1981? Please give a link or source

fantastic tribute

Weinberg also invented Quantum Inspirational Delegation

First Three Minutes did it for me.

Great video ... Weinberg - why was he unable to show if his own theory was renormalizable ? Do you have some b-roll with discussions on that ?

That one dude looks like Bart Boos (Dutch TV)

RIP Steven, a life dedicated investigating Nature is a well spent life!

Amazing !!!

Where can I find the video of his 1981 london lecture? RU-vid does not seem to have it

"the Weinberg's of the the world are wander full"

A great mind lost.

RIP Professor Weinberg.

Rip Steve

1:28 paper in the middle, he already has a cross by his name and it is only in 1967.

Un físico como la copa de un pino

Oh no :(

Oops I thought it was “Clark” maxwell …. but I can add 😬

Does anyone know where I can find video of the lecture in min. 10:30?

This is how I want to be talked about when I pass

I only found out from this video :(

Rest In Peace

RIP Steven !!

A great loss in so many ways.

RIP.