Michael Peskin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetMichael Peskin
American physicist
Date of Birth: 27-Oct-1951
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Profession: physicist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Michael Peskin
- Michael Edward Peskin (born October 27, 1951, Philadelphia) is an American theoretical physicist.
- He was an undergraduate at Harvard University and obtained his Ph.D.
- in 1978 at Cornell University studying under Kenneth Wilson.
- He was a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows from 1977–1980. He is currently a professor in the theory group at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
- Peskin was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2000. Peskin is known for a widely used textbook on quantum field theory, written with Daniel Schroeder and published in 1995, and the Peskin–Takeuchi parameter.
- He has authored many popular review articles.
- He is a noted advocate of building a future linear collider.
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