Edward Witten

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human mathematical physicist mathematician theoretical physicist university professor

Edward Witten is an American theoretical physicist and mathematician renowned for his pioneering work in string theory, quantum gravity, and related areas of mathematical physics.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human → mathematical physicist → mathematician → theoretical physicist → university professor →
awardReceived	Albert Einstein Medal → Dirac Medal → Fields Medal → Fundamental Physics Prize → Isaac Newton Medal → Lorentz Medal → National Medal of Science → Nemmers Prize in Mathematics →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1951-08-26 →
degree	PhD in physics →
doctoralAdvisor	David Gross →
educatedAt	Brandeis University → Princeton University →
employer	Institute for Advanced Study →
familyName	Witten →
fieldOfWork	M-theory → gauge theory → geometry → mathematical physics → quantum field theory → quantum gravity → string theory → supersymmetry → theoretical physics → topology →
givenName	Edward →
hasReligion	Judaism →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → American Physical Society → National Academy of Sciences → Royal Society →
name	Edward Witten →
notableFor	pioneering work in string theory and quantum gravity →
notableWork	AdS/CFT-related developments → Chern–Simons–Witten theory → Seiberg–Witten theory → Witten index → applications of quantum field theory to topology → contributions to string theory → formulation of M-theory →
placeOfBirth	Baltimore, Maryland, United States →
positionHeld	Charles Simonyi Professor in the School of Natural Sciences → Professor →
spouse	Chiara Nappi →
workplace	Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Albert Einstein World Science Award → Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics → Fundamental Physics Prize → Harvey Prize → Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize → Veblen Prize in Geometry →	notableRecipient
Wolf Prize in Mathematics → Wolf Prize in Physics →	hasLaureate
Michael Green →	coAuthor
School of Mathematics →	employerOf
AdS/CFT correspondence →	furtherDevelopedBy
Annals of Mathematics Studies →	hasNotableAuthor
Princeton University Department of Mathematics →	hasNotableFaculty
Wolf Foundation →	hasNotableLaureate
Albert Einstein Medal →	hasRecipient
Edward Witten →	name
Institute for Advanced Study →	notableScholar