Column Physics With Steven Weinberg’s death, physics loses a titan He advanced the theory of particles and forces, and wrote insightfully for a wider public By Tom Siegfried Contributing Correspondent July 24, 2021 at 9:17 pm - More than 2 years ago Steven Weinberg in his office at the University of Texas at Austin in 2018. T. Siegfried Share this:Share Share via email (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on X (Opens in new window) X Print (Opens in new window) Print Mythology has its titans. So do the movies. And so does physics. Just one fewer now. Steven Weinberg died July 23, at the age of 88.