George Zweig, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

George Zweig

American physicist

Date of Birth: 30-May-1937

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Profession: physicist, neuroscientist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

George Zweig (; born May 30, 1937) is a Russian-American physicist.
He was trained as a particle physicist under Richard Feynman.
He introduced, independently of Murray Gell-Mann, the quark model (although he named it "aces").
He later turned his attention to neurobiology.
He has worked as a Research Scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory and MIT, and in the financial services industry.