Martin L. Perl

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Perl<img src="martin-l-perl-1-sized.jpg" height=340 width=229 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="Martin L. Perl">AKA Martin Lewis PerlBorn: <a href="/lists/693/000106375/" class=proflink>24-Jun</a>-<a href="/lists/926/000105611/" class=proflink>1927</a> Birthplace: <a href="/geo/631/000069424/" class=proflink>New York City</a> Died: <a href="/lists/160/000106839/" class=proflink>30-Sep</a>-<a href="/lists/640/000378503/" class=proflink>2014</a> Location of death: <a href="/geo/649/000069442/" class=proflink>Palo Alto, CA</a> Cause of death: Heart Attack Gender: Male Religion: <a href="/lists/875/000071662/" class=proflink>Jewish</a> Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: <a href="/lists/629/000096341/" class=proflink>Physicist</a> Party Affiliation: DemocraticNationality: United States Executive summary: Discovered the tau leptonMilitary service: US Merchant Marine (1944-45); US Army (1945-46)American physicist Martin L. Perl discovered the tau lepton, a heavy lepton with a mass greater than the proton and the first known member of the third quark-lepton family, in 1974. The tau lepton is a subatomic particle similar in some regards to the electron, but several thousand times heavier and far shorter lived. When Perl began his work, scientists knew of only four leptons: electrons, muons, and their corresponding neutrinos. The last known lepton had been discovered in 1936, and when Perl used the new Stanford Positron-Electron Asymmetry Ring (SPEAR) at Stanford University to search for further leptons it was considered a largely theoretical exercise. The tau lepton is now known to be a fundamental building block of matter, and its discovery added to the evidence supporting the Big Bang theory. Perl was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1995, sharing the honor with <a href="/people/052/000099752/">Frederick Reines</a>, who discovered the neutrino.Father: Oscar Perl (stationery salesman) Mother: Fay Resenthal (secretary) Sister: Lila Perl Wife: Teri (div., one daughter, three sons) Daughter: Anne Bernard Son: Jed Son: Joseph Son: Matthew     High School: <a href="/edu/869/000165374/">James Madison High School, Brooklyn, NY (1942)</a>     University: United States Merchant Marine Academy (attended, 1944-45)     University: <a href="/edu/930/000104618/">BS Chemical Engineering, Polytechnic University of New York (1948)</a>     University: <a href="/edu/955/000110625/">Union College (attended, 1949-50)</a>     University: <a href="/edu/477/000068273/">PhD Nuclear Physics, Columbia University (1955)</a>     Teacher: <a href="/edu/512/000068308/">Physics, University of Michigan (1955-63)</a>     Professor: <a href="/edu/468/000068264/">Physics, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford University (1963-2004)</a>     Administrator: <a href="/edu/468/000068264/">Chair, High-Energy Physics Faculty, Stanford University (1991-97)</a>     <a href="/honors/268/000099968/">Wolf Prize in Physics</a> 1982 (with <a href="/people/019/000099719/">Leon M. Lederman</a>)     <a href="/honors/201/000067997/">Nobel Prize for Physics</a> 1995 (with <a href="/people/052/000099752/">Frederick Reines</a>)     <a href="/company/251/000044119/">General Electric</a> Chemical Engineer (1948-50)     <a href="/org/811/000055646/">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a>     <a href="/org/496/000071283/">American Physical Society</a>     <a href="/org/197/000099897/">CERN</a> Scientific Policy Committee, 1990-93     <a href="/org/290/000161804/">Federation of American Scientists</a> Board of Sponsors     <a href="/org/692/000054530/">National Academy of Sciences</a>     <a href="/org/180/000119820/">Scientists and Engineers for America</a>     <a href="/org/551/000169044/">Kerry Victory 2004</a>     <a href="/org/456/000041333/">Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society</a>     <a href="/lists/481/000045346/">Jewish Ancestry</a>     <a href="/lists/937/000043808/">Polish Ancestry</a>     <a href="/lists/591/000044459/">Russian Ancestry</a> Official Website: <a href="http://www.slac.stanford.edu/slac/faculty/hepfaculty/perl.html" target=_blank>http://www.slac.stanford.edu/slac/faculty/hepfaculty/perl.html</a> Author of books: High Energy Hadron Physics (<tt>1974</tt>, physics) Reflections on Experimental Science (<tt>1996</tt>, physics; collected papers) <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;">New! <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=99749"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=99749">Martin L. 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