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.

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