Gell-Mann

American  

[gel-mahn, -man] / gɛlˈmɑn, -ˈmæn /

noun

1. Murray 1929–2019, U.S. physicist: devised a system for classifying elementary particles and postulated theory of quarks; Nobel Prize 1969.

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Gell-Mann British  

/ ˈɡɛlˈmæn /

noun

1. Murray. born 1929, US physicist, noted for his research on the interaction and classification of elementary particles: Nobel prize for physics in 1969

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Gell-Mann Scientific  

/ gĕl′măn′ /

1. American physicist who helped introduce the concept of quarks. He received the Nobel Prize for physics in 1969 for his contributions to the description and classification of subatomic particles.

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Example Sentences

The condensed-matter physicists were so used to being looked down upon by the high-energy physics community — particle physicist Murray Gell-Mann described condensed matter as “squalid-state physics” — that they didn’t look down on other people.

From Nature

His colleague Murray Gell-Mann, who died last May, liked to disparage Dr. Anderson’s field as “squalid state physics,” reflecting the notion that particle physics, Dr. Gell-Mann’s specialty, was a purer and superior endeavor.

From New York Times

He takes the term “Odyssean education” from the Nobel-winning physicist Murray Gell-Mann, referring to “an education that starts with the biggest questions and problems and teaches people to understand connections between them”.

From The Guardian

In 2008, the Nobel-prize winning physicist Murray Gell-Mann declared it was only a matter of time before laws of history would be found, too.

From The Guardian

Several science winners, from Enrico Fermi to Murray Gell-Mann, had their findings initially rejected.

From Seattle Times