Yuval Ne'eman (May 14, 1925 – April 26, 2006), was an Israeli physicist and politician. May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A physicist is a scientist trained in physics. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics to the extent of holding or running for public office. ...

He was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, graduated from high school at the age of 15, and studied mechanical engineering in the Technion. At the age of 15, Ne'eman also joined the Hagana. During the Israeli War of Independence in 1948 Ne'eman served in the Israeli Defense Forces as battalion deputy commander, then as Operations Officer of Tel Aviv, and commander of Givati Brigade. Later (1952–1954) he served as Deputy Commander of Operations Department of General Staff, Commander of Planning Department of IDF. In this role, he helped organize the IDF into a reservist-based army and developed the mobilization system. In 1958–1960 Ne'eman was IDF Attaché in Great Britain, where he also studied for a Ph.D. in physics under supervision of Abdus Salam in University of London. In 1961, he was demobilized from the IDF with a rank of Colonel. Tel-Aviv was founded on empty dunes north of the existing city of Jaffa. ... The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (הטכניון - מכון טכנולוגי לישראל) is a university in Haifa, Israel. ... The Haganah (Hebrew: Defense, הגנה) was a Zionist military organization in Palestine during the British mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948. ... The 1948 Arab-Israeli War, called the War of Independence by Israelis and al Nakba the catastrophe by Arabs, was the first in a series of wars in the Arab-Israeli conflict. ... The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (Hebrew: צבא ההגנה לישראל Tsva Ha-Haganah Le-Yisrael ([Army] Force [for] the Defense of Israel), often abbreviated צהל Tsahal, alternative English spelling Tzahal, is the name of Israels armed forces (army, air force and navy). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A member of the United States Military that spends one weekend a month and two weeks annually training to protect and defend the United States. ... Abdus Salam Professor Abdus Salam, Nobel Laureate (January 29, 1926–November 21, 1996) was a Pakistani Theoretical Physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1979 for his work in Electroweak Theory which is the mathematical and conceptual synthesis of the Electromagnetic and Weak interactions, the latest stage reached... Senate House, designed by Charles Holden, home to the universitys central administrative offices and its library The University of London is a federation of colleges and institutes which together constitute one of the worlds largest universities. ...

One of his greatest achievements in physics was his proposal (in 1962, independently from Murray Gell-Mann) of the classification of hadrons through their SU(3) flavour symmetry — today known as the quark model. He also made other important contributions to particle physics, astrophysics, cosmology and the philosophy of science. Murray Gell-Mann at Harvard University Murray Gell-Mann (born September 15, 1929) is an American physicist who received the 1969 Nobel Prize in physics for his work on the theory of elementary particles. ... In particle physics, a hadron is a subatomic particle which experiences the strong nuclear force. ... In mathematics, the special unitary group of degree n is the group of n by n unitary matrices with determinant 1 and entries from the field C of complex numbers, with the group operation that of matrix multiplication. ... Flavour (or flavor) is a quantum number of elementary particles related to their weak interactions. ... The quark model is a classification scheme for hadrons in terms of their valence quarks, ie, the quarks (and antiquarks) which give rise to the quantum numbers of the hadrons. ...

Ne'eman was founder and director of the School of Physics and Astronomy at Tel-Aviv University from 1965 to 1972, president of Tel-Aviv University from 1971 to 1975, and director of its Sackler Institute of Advanced Studies from 1979 to 1997. He was also the director of the Center for Particle Theory at the University of Texas, Austin from 1968 to 1990. Tel-Aviv University (TAU, אוניברסיטת תל-אביב) is one of Israels major universities. ... The University of Texas at Austin, often called UT or Texas, is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. ...

In 1969, he received the Israel Prize in the field of exact sciences and the Einstein Medal for his unique contribution in the field of physics. In 2003, he received the EMET Prize for Arts, Sciences and Culture for his pioneering contribution in the deciphering of the atomic nucleus and its components, and for his enormous scientific contribution to the development of sub-atomic physics in Israel. [1] The Israel Prize is the most prestigious award handed out by the State of Israel. ... The Albert Einstein Medal is an award presented by the Albert Einstein Society in Bern. ...

A strong believer in the importance of space research and satellites to the country's economic future and security, Ne'eman founded the Israel Space Agency in 1983 and chaired it almost until his death. He also served on the Atomic Energy Commission from 1965 to 1984 and held the position of scientific director in its Soreq facility. Ne'eman was chief scientist of the Defense Ministry from 1974 to 1976. The Soreq Nuclear Research Center is a research and development institute located near the localities of Palmachim and Yavne in Israel. ...

In the late 1970s, Ne'eman founded the Tehiya movement, a Likud breakaway party, in opposition to the Camp David talks that paved the way for peace with Egypt and the evacuation of Yamit. In 1982–92, he served as Tehiya representative in the Knesset. Ne'eman served as science and energy minister in Yitzhak Shamir's government. Tehiya (Hebrew for revival, תחיה), was a right-of-center Israeli political party founded in response to the 1978 Camp David Treaty between Egypt and Israel. ... Likud (Hebrew: ליכוד, literally means consolidation) is a right-wing Conservative political party in Israel. ... Celebrating the signing of the Camp David Accords in the White House Rose Garden: Menachem Begin (right), Jimmy Carter (center), Anwar Sadat (left) The Camp David Accords were signed by Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin on September 17, 1978, following twelve days of secret negotiations... Yamit (ימית) was an Israeli settlement in the Sinai Peninsula established during Israels occupation of the peninsula from the end of the 1967 Six Day War until that part of the Sinai was handed over to Egypt in 1982 as part of the terms of the Egypt–Israel peace treaty. ... The modern Knesset building, Israels parliament, in Jerusalem Though similar-sounding, Beit Knesset (בית כנסת) literally means House of Assembly, and refers to a synagogue. ... (help· info) (Hebrew יִצְחָק שָׁמִיר) (born October 15, 1915) was Prime Minister of Israel from 1983 to 1984 and again from 1986 to 1992. ...

He passed away at the age of 80, on April 26, 2006 in Tel Aviv, due to an acute stroke. He left a wife, Dvora, a son and daughter, and a sister, Ruth Ben-Yisrael.

See also

• Yuval

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External links

• Yuval Ne'eman's papers in SPIRES database
• Info from the Knesset website
• Haaretz obituary
• Jerusalem Post obituary
• Jewish Physicists list