What is Julian Schwinger?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Julian Schwinger | image = Schwinger.jpg | image_size = 180 | caption = | birth_name = Julian Seymour Schwinger | birth_date = {{birth date|1918|2|12|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[New York City]], [[United States|USA]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1994|7|16|1918|2|12}} | death_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], USA | nationality = [[United States]] | field = [[Physics]] | prizes = {{nowrap|[[Albert Einstein Award]] <small>(1951)</small><br>[[National Medal of Science]] <small>(1964)</small><br>[[Nobel Prize in Physics]] <small>(1965)</small>}} | religion = | footnotes = }} '''Julian Seymour Schwinger''' (February 12, 1918 – July 16, 1994) was an [[Americans|American]] [[theoretical physicist]]. He won the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]]. Schwinger is well known for his theories about [[quantum electrodynamics]]. ==Biography== Schwinger was born in [[New York City]]. His parents were [[Ashkenazi Jews|Jewish]] from [[Poland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bookrags.com/biography/julian-schwinger-wop/|title=Julian Schwinger Summary|publisher=|via=www.bookrags.com}}</ref> Schwinger attended Townsend Harris High School and the City College of New York. He received a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in 1936. He received a [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] from [[Columbia University]]. He worked at the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. Schwinger died of [[pancreatic cancer]]. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commons cat-inline}} {{nobelprize|Physics}} {{Nobel Prize in Physics}} {{authority control}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Schwinger, Julian}} [[Category:1918 births]] [[Category:1994 deaths]] [[Category:American Nobel Prize winners]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Los Angeles]] [[Category:Columbia University alumni]] [[Category:Deaths from pancreatic cancer]] [[Category:Jewish American academics]] [[Category:Jewish American scientists]] [[Category:Jewish Nobel Prize winners]] [[Category:Nobel Prize in Physics winners]] [[Category:S