Sam Treiman is an American theoretical physicist who produced important research in the fields of quantum physics, plasma physics and gravity physics. He was a Professor of physics at Princeton University, a member of the National Academy of Sciences and member of the JASON Defense Advisory Group. He was a student of Enrico Fermi and John Alexander Simpson Jr. Treiman has published numerous articles on quantum mechanics, plasmas, gravity theory, condensed matter and the history of physics. A physicist is a scientist trained in physics. ... Fig. ... A Plasma lamp In physics and chemistry, a plasma is an ionized gas, and is usually considered to be a distinct phase of matter. ... It has been suggested that gravitation be merged into this article or section. ... Princeton University, incorporated as The Trustees of Princeton University, located in Princeton, New Jersey, is the fourth-oldest institution to conduct higher education in the United States. ... President Harding and the National Academy of Sciences at the White House, Washington, DC, April 1921 The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine. ... JASON is an independent group of scientists that advises the U.S. government on matters of science and technology. ... Enrico Fermi in the 1940s. ... Fig. ... The word plasma has a Greek root which means to be formed or molded (the word plastic shares this root). ... It has been suggested that gravitation be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Solid state physics be merged into this article or section. ...

He was graduated from Northwestern University for his undergraduate work and received a PhD from the University of Chicago in 1952. He began teaching at Princeton in the 1950s and was appointed Higgins Professor of Physics there. His best known student at Princeton was Steven Weinberg, recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics in 1979. Other well known students are Curtis Callan and Steven L. Adler, both of the class of 1964. Northwestern University is a private, coeducational, non-sectarian university, located in Evanston, Illinois and Chicago, Illinois. ... The University of Chicago is a private research university located primarily in the Hyde Park neigborhood of Chicago, Illinois. ... Steven Weinberg at Harvard University Steven Weinberg (born May 3, 1933) is an American physicist. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Curtis Callan is a physicist and a professor at Princeton University. ...

As a member of the National Academy of Sciences and JASON Defense Advisory Group, he was a key advisor to the U.S. Government in the fields of plasma physics, physics education and strategic planning. President Harding and the National Academy of Sciences at the White House, Washington, DC, April 1921 The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine. ... JASON is an independent group of scientists that advises the U.S. government on matters of science and technology. ... A Plasma lamp In physics and chemistry, a plasma is an ionized gas, and is usually considered to be a distinct phase of matter. ...

Publications of Sam Treiman

• Photonics: Managing Competitiveness in the Information Era, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Applications, Vice Chairman S. Treiman, Board on Physics and Astronomy, National Academy of Sciences (1988)
• The Odd Quantum, Princeton University Press (1999) ISBN 0-691-10300-3

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Publications about Sam Treiman

• Abraham Pais, The Genius of Science: a Portrait Gallery of Twentieth Century Physicists, Oxford University Press (2000)
• Paul Hartman, A Memmoir to the Physical Review, A History of the First One Hundred Years, American Institute of Physics (1994) ISBN 1-56396-282-9