By Juliet Chung | The Wall Street Journal
George Zweig discovered the quark at age 26, assisted with a covert military operation during the Vietnam War and helped design one of the first cochlear hearing implants.
Now, at 78, he is starting a hedge fund.
“I’ve still got it,” said the wiry, white-bearded physicist as he leaned back in a chair in a Midtown Manhattan conference room. Mr. Zweig said he accepted this new challenge as he nears his ninth decade because “life can be very boring” without work.
