Professor Nathan Seiberg sat down with Sandhya Ramesh at an
event organised by the International Centre for Theoretical
Sciences for an interview for the Wire to discuss string
theory, experimental evidence, quantum field theory, and more.
“It’s not easy being a 'theory of everything.' A TOE has the
very tough job of fitting gravity into the quantum laws of nature
in such a way that, on large scales, gravity looks like curves in
the fabric of space-time, as Albert Einstein described...
Grand ideas have a way of turning up in unusual settings,
far from an office or a chalkboard. Months ago, Quanta
Magazine set out to photograph some of the world’s most
accomplished scientists and mathematicians, including Eva Silverstein, former...
In this video, Edward Witten,
Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics Laureate (2012) and
Charles Simonyi Professor in the School of Natural Sciences,
discusses string theory and the need in physics to reconcile
quantum theory, used for small...
String theory has so far failed to live up to its promise as a way to unite gravity and quantum mechanics, but at the same time, it has blossomed into one of the most useful sets of tools in science.
The physicist-mathematician Miranda Cheng, Visitor in the School of Natural Sciences, is working to harness a mysterious connection between string theory, algebra, and number theory.
