{"id":19566,"date":"2021-07-26T15:09:42","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T15:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uni.hi.is\/einar\/?p=19566"},"modified":"2021-07-26T15:09:42","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T15:09:42","slug":"i-minningu-stevens-weinberg-1933-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wizardly-antonelli.176-10-35-210.plesk.page\/?p=19566","title":{"rendered":"\u00cd minningu Stevens Weinberg (1933 – 2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00de\u00e6r fr\u00e9ttir hafa borist fr\u00e1 Texas<\/a>, a\u00f0 bandar\u00edski e\u00f0lisfr\u00e6\u00f0ingurinn Steven Weinberg<\/a> s\u00e9 l\u00e1tinn, 88 \u00e1ra a\u00f0 aldri.<\/p>\n

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Steven Weinberg<\/a>\u00a0\u00ed bl\u00f3ma l\u00edfsins. Myndin er tekin \u00e1ri\u00f0 1979, um \u00fea\u00f0 leyti sem hann hlaut N\u00f3belsver\u00f0launin \u00ed e\u00f0lisfr\u00e6\u00f0i<\/a> \u00e1samt \u00feeim S. L. Glashow<\/a> og\u00a0A. Salam<\/a> fyrir kenningu sem sameinar veiku v\u00edxlverkunina og rafsegulfr\u00e6\u00f0ina<\/a> (sj\u00e1 einnig h\u00e9r<\/a>).<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u00c9g \u00feekkti Weinberg ekki pers\u00f3nulega, og \u00ed \u00feau \u00f6rf\u00e1u skipti sem vi\u00f0 s\u00f3ttum s\u00f6mu fj\u00f6lmennu r\u00e1\u00f0stefnurnar, gafst m\u00e9r ekki t\u00e6kif\u00e6ri til a\u00f0 n\u00e1 tali af honum. Reyndar var til athugunar a\u00f0 bj\u00f3\u00f0a \u00feessum merka e\u00f0lisfr\u00e6\u00f0ingi til landsins \u00e1ri\u00f0 1998, \u00ed tilefni af \u00fatg\u00e1fu \u00edslensku \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ingarinnar \u00e1 al\u00fe\u00fd\u00f0uritinu, \u00c1r var alda<\/a>. Af \u00e1st\u00e6\u00f0um, sem ekki ver\u00f0a t\u00edunda\u00f0ar h\u00e9r, var\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed mi\u00f0ur l\u00edti\u00f0 \u00far \u00feeim fyrir\u00e6tlunum.<\/p>\n

\u00der\u00e1tt fyrir \u00feetta, hef \u00e9g sett saman stutta pers\u00f3nulega f\u00e6rslu til minningar um Weinberg, og \u00fe\u00e1 fyrst og fremst \u00ed \u00fe\u00e6kkl\u00e6tisskyni fyrir \u00fe\u00e1 \u00f3m\u00e6ldu \u00e1n\u00e6gju og innbl\u00e1stur sem hann hefur veitt m\u00e9r me\u00f0 ritum s\u00ednum \u00ed gegnum t\u00ed\u00f0ina. \u00c9g held \u00e9g geti fullyrt, a\u00f0 \u00ed \u00fev\u00ed efni komist f\u00e1ir h\u00f6fundar me\u00f0 t\u00e6rnar, \u00fear sem hann hefur h\u00e6lana.<\/p>\n

Fyrir utan t\u00edmam\u00f3taranns\u00f3knir \u00ed \u00f6reindafr\u00e6\u00f0i, skammtasvi\u00f0sfr\u00e6\u00f0i og heimsfr\u00e6\u00f0i og \u00fatg\u00e1fu vanda\u00f0ra yfirlitsrita<\/a> \u00e1 \u00feeim svi\u00f0um, sendi Weinberg fr\u00e1 s\u00e9r fj\u00f6lda al\u00fe\u00fd\u00f0legra ritsm\u00ed\u00f0a um e\u00f0lisfr\u00e6\u00f0i og heimsfr\u00e6\u00f0i sem og s\u00f6gu, heimspeki og f\u00e9lagsfr\u00e6\u00f0i raunv\u00edsinda. Hann var einnig eindreginn andst\u00e6\u00f0ingur allra tr\u00faarbrag\u00f0a og l\u00e1 ekki \u00e1 \u00feeim sko\u00f0unum s\u00ednum. Oftar en ekki, kom \u00fatg\u00e1fa \u00feessara al\u00fe\u00fd\u00f0urita af sta\u00f0 einkar fr\u00f3\u00f0legum umr\u00e6\u00f0um og fj\u00f6rugum sko\u00f0anaskiptum \u00ed erlendum bl\u00f6\u00f0um og t\u00edmaritum.<\/p>\n

\u00c9g kynntist fyrst verkum Weinbergs \u00ed meistaran\u00e1mi m\u00ednu vi\u00f0 Wisconsin-h\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00e1 \u00e1runum 1973-74. A\u00f0alkennari minn \u00fear var e\u00f0lisfr\u00e6\u00f0ingurinn Leonard Parker<\/a>, sem loki\u00f0 haf\u00f0i doktorsn\u00e1mi hj\u00e1 S. Coleman<\/a> \u00ed Harvard \u00e1 svipu\u00f0um t\u00edma og Weinberg h\u00f3f \u00fear st\u00f6rf. Parker kenndi m\u00e9r \u00fe\u00f3 ekki skammtafr\u00e6\u00f0ina (sem \u00e9g haf\u00f0i reyndar ekki neinn s\u00e9rstakan \u00e1huga \u00e1), heldur var \u00e9g svo l\u00e1nsamur a\u00f0 f\u00e1 a\u00f0 taka hj\u00e1 honum lesn\u00e1mskei\u00f0 \u00ed almennu afst\u00e6\u00f0iskenningunni, \u00fear sem vi\u00f0 f\u00f3rum saman \u00ed gegnum \u00ed hina fr\u00e1b\u00e6ru kennslub\u00f3k Weinbergs, Gravitation and Cosmology<\/a>, sem \u00fe\u00e1 var n\u00fdkomin \u00fat.<\/p>\n

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Fors\u00ed\u00f0an \u00e1 Gravitation and Cosmology<\/a> fr\u00e1 1972, b\u00f3k Weinbergs um \u00feyngdarfr\u00e6\u00f0i Einsteins og afst\u00e6\u00f0ilega stjarne\u00f0lisfr\u00e6\u00f0i og heimsfr\u00e6\u00f0i.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Verki\u00f0 heilla\u00f0i mig strax upp \u00far sk\u00f3num og hi\u00f0 n\u00fa snj\u00e1\u00f0a eintak mitt af b\u00f3kinni hefur veri\u00f0 fastur fylginautur alla t\u00ed\u00f0 s\u00ed\u00f0an. N\u00e1msefni\u00f0 og \u00fdmsar vi\u00f0b\u00e6tur og s\u00f6gur Parkers ur\u00f0u og til \u00feess, a\u00f0 \u00e9g f\u00f3r a\u00f0 fylgjast n\u00e1nar me\u00f0 Weinberg og fr\u00e9ttum af v\u00edsindaafrekum hans og sko\u00f0unum.<\/p>\n

Sumari\u00f0 1977 var \u00e9g staddur \u00e1 r\u00e1\u00f0stefnu \u00ed Cambridge \u00ed Englandi, \u00feegar \u00e9g fr\u00e9tti a\u00f0 \u00fat v\u00e6ri komin b\u00f3kin The First Three Minutes<\/a> eftir Weinberg, og a\u00f0 h\u00fan v\u00e6ri \u00feegar farin a\u00f0 sl\u00e1 \u00ed gegn. \u00c9g var \u00fev\u00ed flj\u00f3tur a\u00f0 \u00fatvega m\u00e9r eintak og las \u00fea\u00f0 \u00ed einum rykk \u00fe\u00e1 um n\u00f3ttina. \u00de\u00f3tt \u00e9g hef\u00f0i \u00e1\u00f0ur haft ve\u00f0ur af flestu, sem \u00fear var teki\u00f0 til umfj\u00f6llunar, er \u00f3h\u00e6tt a\u00f0 segja, a\u00f0 vi\u00f0 lesturinn hafi opnast fyrir m\u00e9r n\u00fdr heimur; heimsmynd sem \u00e1 undraver\u00f0an h\u00e1tt sameina\u00f0i hina agnarsm\u00e1u ver\u00f6ld \u00f6reindanna og risavettvang vetrarbrautanna. \u00c9g var ekki alveg einn \u00e1 b\u00e1ti, hva\u00f0 \u00feetta var\u00f0ar, \u00fev\u00ed fj\u00f6ldi stjarne\u00f0lisfr\u00e6\u00f0inga af minni kynsl\u00f3\u00f0 hefur sagt fr\u00e1 svipa\u00f0ri reynslu.<\/p>\n

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Fors\u00ed\u00f0an \u00e1 b\u00f3kinni The First Three Minutes<\/a> eftir Weinberg fr\u00e1 1977.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u00deessi \u00e1n\u00e6gjulega upplifun ger\u00f0i \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 verkum, a\u00f0 um \u00fea\u00f0 bil tuttugu \u00e1rum s\u00ed\u00f0ar t\u00f3k \u00e9g a\u00f0 m\u00e9r, \u00e1samt \u00f6\u00f0rum, a\u00f0 undirb\u00faa \u00edslenska \u00fatg\u00e1fu af \u00feessu al\u00fe\u00fd\u00f0uriti Weinbergs. \u00c9g var \u00fe\u00e1 pr\u00f3fessor \u00ed stjarne\u00f0lisfr\u00e6\u00f0i vi\u00f0 H\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00cdslands og alveg vi\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 ver\u00f0a r\u00e1\u00f0settur. \u00der\u00e1tt fyrir miklar annir vi\u00f0 ranns\u00f3knir og kennslu, t\u00f3kst m\u00e9r a\u00f0 finna t\u00edma til a\u00f0 a\u00f0sto\u00f0a Gu\u00f0mund Arnlaugsson<\/a> vi\u00f0 \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0inguna og jafnframt a\u00f0 skrifa inngang<\/a> a\u00f0 verkinu.<\/p>\n

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\u00c1r var alda<\/a>, \u00edslenska \u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ingin \u00e1 The First Three Minutes<\/em>, kom \u00fat sem l\u00e6rd\u00f3msrit B\u00f3kmenntaf\u00e9lagsins \u00e1ri\u00f0 1998.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Eitt af \u00fev\u00ed, sem vakti s\u00e9rstaka athygli m\u00edna \u00e1ri\u00f0 1977, var umfj\u00f6llun Weinbergs um \u00f6rbylgjukli\u00f0inn. \u00datlistun hans \u00e1 fyrirb\u00e6rinu var a\u00f0 sj\u00e1lfs\u00f6g\u00f0u sk\u00fdr og au\u00f0skilin, en \u00fea\u00f0 var fyrst og fremst sagan a\u00f0 baki<\/a>, sem m\u00e9r fannst \u00e1hugaver\u00f0. Eftir \u00fev\u00ed sem \u00e9g best veit, var \u00fea\u00f0 Weinberg sem fyrstur kanna\u00f0i \u00fe\u00e1 s\u00f6gu og vakti athygli \u00e1 henni \u00ed b\u00f3k sinni (\u00ed \u00feri\u00f0ja kafla). Margir telja, a\u00f0 \u00feetta hafi me\u00f0al annars or\u00f0i\u00f0 til \u00feess a\u00f0 \u00feeir A. A. Penzias<\/a> og R. W. Wilson<\/a> fengu N\u00f3belsver\u00f0launin \u00ed e\u00f0lisfr\u00e6\u00f0i \u00e1ri\u00f0 1978<\/a> fyrir uppg\u00f6tvun s\u00edna \u00e1 kli\u00f0num.<\/p>\n

\u00c9g er ekki viss, en \u00feegar \u00e9g l\u00edt til baka, finnst m\u00e9r eins og \u00fea\u00f0 hafi veri\u00f0 \u00feessi s\u00f6gukafli Weinbergs, sem fyrst vakti \u00e1huga minn \u00e1 v\u00edsindas\u00f6gu. Ef svo er, \u00e1 hann \u00feakkir skildar, \u00fev\u00ed f\u00e1tt hefur m\u00e9r fundist skemmtilegra \u00e1 eftirlauna\u00e1rum en margv\u00edslegt gr\u00fask \u00ed v\u00edsindas\u00f6gu, \u00edslenskri sem erlendri. Sj\u00e1lfur skrifa\u00f0i Weinberg margt og miki\u00f0 um s\u00f6gu raunv\u00edsinda, me\u00f0al annars b\u00f3kina To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science<\/a>, br\u00e1\u00f0skemmtilegt verk, sem margir v\u00edsindasagnfr\u00e6\u00f0ingar og v\u00edsindaheimspekingar hafa l\u00e1ti\u00f0 fara \u00f3\u00fearflega miki\u00f0 \u00ed taugarnar \u00e1 s\u00e9r.<\/p>\n

\u00cd\u00a0 lokin vil \u00e9g m\u00e6la me\u00f0 stuttum en hnitmi\u00f0u\u00f0um r\u00e1\u00f0um, sem Weinberg gaf doktorsnemum vi\u00f0 McGill-h\u00e1sk\u00f3la \u00ed Kanada \u00e1ri\u00f0 2003 og birti s\u00ed\u00f0an \u00ed t\u00edmaritinu Nature<\/em>: Four golden lessons<\/a>. \u00deau eiga ekki s\u00ed\u00f0ur erindi til margra, sem eldri eru.<\/p>\n

Megi \u00feessi mikli menningarj\u00f6fur hv\u00edla \u00ed fri\u00f0i.<\/p>\n

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\u00de\u00e6r fr\u00e9ttir hafa borist fr\u00e1 Texas, a\u00f0 bandar\u00edski e\u00f0lisfr\u00e6\u00f0ingurinn Steven Weinberg s\u00e9 l\u00e1tinn, 88 \u00e1ra a\u00f0 aldri. \u00c9g \u00feekkti Weinberg ekki pers\u00f3nulega, og \u00ed \u00feau \u00f6rf\u00e1u skipti sem vi\u00f0 s\u00f3ttum s\u00f6mu fj\u00f6lmennu r\u00e1\u00f0stefnurnar, gafst m\u00e9r ekki t\u00e6kif\u00e6ri til a\u00f0 n\u00e1 tali af honum. Reyndar var til athugunar a\u00f0 bj\u00f3\u00f0a \u00feessum merka e\u00f0lisfr\u00e6\u00f0ingi til landsins \u00e1ri\u00f0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,17,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wizardly-antonelli.176-10-35-210.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19566"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wizardly-antonelli.176-10-35-210.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wizardly-antonelli.176-10-35-210.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wizardly-antonelli.176-10-35-210.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wizardly-antonelli.176-10-35-210.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wizardly-antonelli.176-10-35-210.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19566\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wizardly-antonelli.176-10-35-210.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wizardly-antonelli.176-10-35-210.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wizardly-antonelli.176-10-35-210.plesk.page\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}