News Nobel-Winning Physicist Martin Perl Passes Away at 87

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A Nobel Prize-winning physicist from Stanford University, known for discovering the tau lepton, has passed away at the age of 87. His contributions to the field of physics were significant, and he remained connected to the academic community, frequently returning to Michigan to give presentations at departmental colloquia. His textbook on hadron physics was also influential in the education of many students.
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A Nobel Prize-winning physicist from Stanford University who discovered a subatomic particle known as the tau lepton has died at age 87.

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Aw. He was at Michigan long before my time there as a grad student, but he still had connections there and came back occasionally to give presentations at the weekly departmental colloquia. One of the classes that I took used his textbook on hadron physics.
 
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