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Edward Witten is an American mathematician, physicist, and university teacher born in Baltimore in 1951. He works in physics, mathematical physics, and string theory, and is notably associated with M-theory. Witten has been employed by Princeton University and the Institute for Advanced Study, and he resides in Princeton. He was educated at Brandeis University, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and Princeton University. His doctoral advisor was David Gross.
Witten is a member of the French Academy of Sciences, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has received the Fields medal, the MacArthur Fellows Program award, the Isaac Newton Medal, and the Lorentz Medal. He is recognized in collections held by the Royal Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and others. Witten speaks English and is the father of Daniela Witten.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edward
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Baltimore
- Child
- Daniela Witten
- Father
- Louis Witten
- Employer
- Institute for Advanced Study
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Notable work
- M-theory
- Doctoral advisor
- David Gross
- Field of work
- string theory
- Official website
- www.ias.edu/sns/witten
- Image
- Edward Witten.jpg
- Residence
- Princeton
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- member of
- American Mathematical Society
- Commons category
- Edward Witten
- date of birth
- 1951-01-01
- Erdős number
- 3
- Commons gallery
- Edward Witten
- name in native language
- Edward Witten
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview
Edward Witten (born August 26, 1951) is an American theoretical physicist known for his contributions to string theory, topological quantum field theory, and various areas of mathematics. He is a professor emeritus in the school of natural sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Witten is a researcher in string theory, quantum gravity, supersymmetric quantum field theories, and other areas of mathematical physics. Witten's work has also significantly impacted pure mathematics. In 1990, he became the first physicist to be awarded a Fields Medal by the International Mathematical Union, for his mathematical insights in physics, such as his 1981 proof of the positive energy theorem in general relativity, and his interpretation of the Jones invariants of knots as Feynman integrals. He is considered the practical founder of M-theory.
Early life and education
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