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ABOUT THE LECTURESome scientific advances, such as the discoveries of X-rays and penicillin, arose unplanned and unexpected. They were stumbled upon serendipitously. Others, such as streptomycin and nuclear reactors, resulted from targeted and premeditated research. They came about through careful design in what Dr. Glashow calls the Kantian mode. An anecdotal discussion of several past discoveries will reveal the importance of both procedures, a fact which must be kept in mind not only by aspiring scientists, but by those governmental and industrial agencies that seek to foster scientific progress. ABOUT DR. GLASHOWSheldon Lee Glashow was born in New York City in 1932. His parents were immigrants from Czarist Russia. He was educated in the New York Public Schools, and then received his A.B. from Cornell University and his M.S. and PhD from Harvard. After spending two years in Copenhagen as an NSF Post-Doctoral Fellow and one year as a postdoctoral fellow at CalTech, he taught at Stanford University and the University of California at Berkeley. From 1966–2000 he became a professor at Harvard University, variously holding the chairs of Higgins Professor of Physics and Mellon Professor of the Sciences. Since 2000, he is the Arthur G.B. Metcalf Professor of Physics and a University Professor at Boston University. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. He is also a foreign member of learned societies in Russia, Italy, Korea and Costa Rica, has been appointed honorary professor at Nanjing University and Einstein Professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and is the recipient of half a dozen honorary degrees. His many research accomplishments in theoretical physics include his prediction of the charmed quark (for which he was awarded the Oppenheimer Medal) and his seminal contributions to the unified theory of weak and electromagnetic interactions (for which he shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics). For the past quarter century, while continuing his fundamental researches in particle physics and cosmology, he has focussed on stimulating interest in science among high-school students and providing scientific literacy to University students of the humanities. He is the author of three books and several hundred research papers. Professor Glashow and his wife, who reside in Brookline, Massachussetts, have four grown children and five grandchildren. ABOUT THE HONEYWELL-NOBEL LECTURE SERIESThe Honeywell-Nobel Laureate Lecture Series is the centerpiece of the Honeywell-Nobel Initiative, a global science education effort that connects university students with recipients of the world's most prestigious award, the Nobel Prize. This series of live, on-campus events brings Nobel Laureates in chemistry and physics to selected universities in the United States, Europe, India and China for two days of direct, high-impact interactions and experiences with students and faculty in a variety of educational settings designed to link one generation of leading scientists with the development of the next. ABOUT HONEYWELLWith a history that dates back to 1885, today's Honeywell is a $34 billion technology leader employing 118,000 people in nearly 100 countries, delivering high-quality innovations to customers every day through our four business units: Aerospace, Automation and Control Solutions, Transportation Systems and Specialty Materials. Honeywell is renowned for our world-class products and services. To sustain our leadership position, we hire the best people; give them every possible opportunity to learn, grow, and develop; and reward them for their contributions. We offer career paths that span product lines, job types, businesses and countries. All of this makes Honeywell an attractive place to build a career.
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