UPI en Español  |   UPI Asia  |   About UPI  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Nobel Laureate Leon Lederman teaches physics to NYC pedestrians

Nobel Prize-winning physicist Leon Lederman has been setting up tables on New York City street corners offering to talk to passersby about science.
|
 
Leon Lederman chats with pedestrians about science. Scroll down for video.
Leon Lederman chats with pedestrians about science. Scroll down for video.
Published: July 16, 2012 at 12:36 PM
By KATE STANTON, UPI.com

Armed with a table and chairs, a white board that says "Ask a Nobel Prize-winning physicist!" and a smile, watch Lederman explain everything from the strong force to the Big Bang.

According to BoingBoing.net, Lederman has done his physics-meets-lemonade-stand routine a few times in both New York and Chicago.

Lederman was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1988 for his research on neutrinos. He currently serves as Director Emeritus of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.

Recommended Stories
© 2012 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's prior written consent.

Order reprints
Join the conversation
Most Popular Collections
'Star Trek Into Darkness' screening NBC upfronts Met Ball 2013
'Great Gatsby' premieres in New York Spire raised on top of One WTC 2013: Celebrity break ups and divorces
1 of 18
Greek PM Antonis vists Beijing
View Caption
Greek national flags fly over Tiananmen Square during Greece's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras state visit to Beijing on May 16, 2013. Samaras is in China seeking investment and trade deals to help revive his country's recession-battered economy. UPI/Stephen Shaver
fark
Florida implements system to allow Florida citizens to call each other terrorists
Explosion on the moon visible from Earth. North Korea scrambling to take credit
Pink Barbie-themed tourist trap objectifies woman, says topless female protestor as she sets fire...
Man pleads guilty to being naked in public, despite the fact he was clearly wearing a blonde wig,...
Photoshop these tenacious trainees
Boy who experts said would never be able to read has an I.Q. of 189. SCIENCE MARCHES ON