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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Edward_WittenEdward Witten - Wikipedia

    Edward Witten. Edward Witten (born August 26, 1951) is an American mathematical and theoretical physicist. He is a professor emeritus in the school of natural sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. [4] Witten is a researcher in string theory, quantum gravity, supersymmetric quantum field theories, and other areas of ...

  2. www.britannica.com › biography › Edward-WittenEdward Witten | String Theory, Quantum Gravity, Nobel Prize

    Apr 18, 2024 · Edward Witten is an American mathematical physicist who was awarded the Fields Medal in 1990 for his work in superstring theory. He also received the Dirac Medal from the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (1985). Witten was educated at Brandeis University (B.A., 1971) in Waltham,

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  4. blogs.scientificamerican.com › cross-check › world-sWorld's Smartest Physicist Thinks Science Can't Crack ...

    Aug 18, 2016 · Recently, physicist Edward Witten came out as a mysterian. Witten is regarded with awe by his fellow physicists, some of whom have compared him to Einstein and Newton.

  5. www.ias.edu › scholars › wittenEdward Witten - Scholars | Institute for Advanced Study

    Edward Witten’s work exhibits a unique combination of mathematical power and physics insight, and his contributions have significantly enriched both fields. He has greatly contributed to the modern interest in superstrings as a candidate theory for the unification of all known physical interactions. Most recently, he has explored quantum ...

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  7. www.quantamagazine.org › edward-witten-ponders-theEdward Witten Ponders the Nature of Reality - Quanta Magazine

    Nov 28, 2017 · Q&A. A Physicist’s Physicist Ponders the Nature of Reality. By Natalie Wolchover. November 28, 2017. Edward Witten reflects on the meaning of dualities in physics and math, emergent space-time, and the pursuit of a complete description of nature. Edward Witten in his office at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.

  8. www.pbs.org › wgbh › novaNOVA | The Elegant Universe | Edward Witten | PBS

    (Edward Witten) Seven noted physicists—Jim Gates, Sheldon Glashow, David Gross, Joe Lykken, Amanda Peet, Stephen Weinberg, and Ed Witten—share their views on the meaning and nature of string ...

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  10. www.discovermagazine.com › the-sciences › the-manThe Man Who Led the Second Superstring Revolution

    Jul 12, 2023 · Ever since string theory took off in the mid-1980s, Witten has been a leading figure in its development. His crucial discoveries include many of the “dualities’’ that gave rise to the “second superstring revolution’’ in the mid-1990s. String theory requires a great deal of cutting-edge mathematics. Witten is the leader in using ...

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