Steven Weinberg: A Scientific Life

TL;DR

This paper provides a brief overview of Steven Weinberg's extensive contributions to physics, highlighting his research, textbooks, and science communication over eight decades.

Contribution

It offers a concise summary of Weinberg's multifaceted impact on physics, including research, education, and popular science.

Findings

Weinberg's research spanned eight decades of groundbreaking work.

He authored eight influential textbooks.

He wrote eight best-selling popular science books.

Abstract

Steven Weinberg was a giant of late 20th Century physics on whose shoulders we stand while groping for the science of the 21st Century. This article provides a too-brief summary of a selection of his many achievements -- eight decades of superlative research, eight classic textbooks, eight best-selling forays into popular science writing and more.