In an online auction that concluded on 28 May, Leon Lederman’s Nobel medal sold for $765 002. Lederman shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the muon neutrino. Born in 1922, Lederman is also known for his role in discovering the bottom quark, working on behalf of public education in science, and dubbing the Higgs boson the “God particle.” In an online auction that concluded on 28 May, Leon Lederman’s Nobel medal sold for $765 002. Lederman shared the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the muon neutrino. Born in 1922, Lederman is also known for his role in discovering the bottom quark, working on behalf of public education in science, and dubbing the Higgs boson the “God particle.”
According to Sam Heller, a spokesman for Nate D. Sanders Auctions in Los Angeles, Lederman’s medal fetched the fourth-highest price among just 10 Nobel...
