Physicists who died on May 24

Take a focused look at the physicists who passed away on May 24. Dive into curated bios, achievements, and cultural milestones verified by our editors.

• 2019 Murray Gell-Mann

  Murray Gell-Mann was a distinguished American physicist best known for his groundbreaking work in particle physics. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1969 for his contributions concerning the classification of elementary particles and their interactions, including the proposal of the quark model. [bio]