| 6.3.2008

Updated 8.5.2020

The 2008 Phi Beta Kappa Oration

Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg, formerly Higgins professor of physics at Harvard, delivers his Phi Beta Kappa Oration, titled "Without God" on June 3...

Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg, formerly Higgins professor of physics at Harvard, delivers his Phi Beta Kappa Oration, titled "Without God" on June 3. Weinberg is now Josey-Welch Foundation Regents Professor in science at the University of Texas at Austin.

Text copyright (c) 2008 Steven Weinberg

Listen to the live audio recording.

Published in the print edition of the issue, in the section, under the headline, “The 2008 Phi Beta Kappa Oration ”.

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