Sidney Coleman

Sidney Coleman
Sidney Coleman
Born	March 7, 1937; Chicago, Illinois, US
Died	November 18, 2007 (aged 70); Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
Alma mater	Illinois Institute of Technology; Caltech
Known for	Coleman theorem; Coleman–Mandula theorem; Coleman–Weinberg potential; Q ball
Awards	Fellow, National Academy of Sciences; Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; NYAS Boris Pregel Award; NAS J. Murray Lack Award; NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing (1989); Dirac Medal (1990); Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics (2000);
	Scientific career
Fields	Quantum field theory
Institutions	Harvard University
Doctoral advisor	Murray Gell-Mann
Doctoral students	Ian Affleck; Mark Alford; Carl M. Bender; Jacques Distler; David Griffiths; Jeffrey Mandula; Stephen Parke; Leonard Parker; David Politzer ; Lee Smolin; Paul Steinhardt; Erick Weinberg; Anthony Zee
Other notable students	Edward Witten

Sidney Richard Coleman (7 March 1937 – 18 November 2007) was an American theoretical physicist noted for his research in high-energy theoretical physics.

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