# Steven Weinberg
**Born:** May 3, 1933
**Died:** July 23, 2021
**Domain:** Theoretical Physics / Cosmology
**Doc Type:** Person Node
**Steven Weinberg** was a theoretical physicist whose work on electroweak unification earned a share of the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics. He was also a major public writer on science and cosmology.
## Project Steve Context
Weinberg was one of the eligible Nobel laureates among the early [[Project Steve]] signatories. The signature records support for evolution education, not a claim that the project was part of his physics research.
## Routes
[[articles/STEVE|STEVE]] · [[Project Steve]] · [[articles/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]]
## Sources
- [Nobel Prize — Steven Weinberg](https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1979/weinberg/biographical/)
- [NCSE — The Kilosteve](https://ncse.ngo/kilosteve)