| Full Name |
James Daniel Bjorken |
| Date of Birth |
27 December 1934 |
| Place of Birth |
Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Date of Death |
- |
| Place of Death |
- |
| Citizenship / Country of Residence |
United States |
| Education |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (S.B., 1956); Stanford University (Ph.D., 1959) |
| Profession |
Theoretical physicist |
| Years of Activity |
1959 - present |
| Brief Information |
James Bjorken is a theoretical physicist known for his contributions to particle physics. He is recognized for the concept of Bjorken scaling, which describes the behavior of deep inelastic scattering experiments. His work was instrumental in developing the parton model and understanding the internal structure of protons and neutrons. |