Edward Witten

American theoretical physicist
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Edward Witten 
American theoretical physicist
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  • Edward Witten
Date of birth26 August 1951
Baltimore
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  • Shamit Kachru
  • Cumrun Vafa
  • Dror Bar-Natan
  • Xiao-Gang Wen
  • Sergei Gukov
  • Steven Giddings
  • Eva Silverstein
  • Jonathan Bagger
  • Scott Elliot Axelrod
  • Eric Redmund Sharpe
  • Christopher Thompson
  • Christopher Edward Beasley
  • Mukund Rangamani
  • Cedomir Crnkovic
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  • Louis Witten
Child
  • Daniela Witten
  • Ilana Witten
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Notable work
  • M-theory
Award received
  • Fields medal (1990)
  • MacArthur Fellows Program (1982)
  • Isaac Newton Medal (2010)
  • Lorentz Medal (2010)
  • Harvey Prize (2005)
  • Oskar Klein Medal (1998)
  • Henri Poincaré Prize (2006)
  • Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (2012)
  • National Medal of Science (2002)
  • Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship (1998)
  • Albert Einstein World Award of Science (2016)
  • Alan T. Waterman Award (1986)
  • Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences (2014)
  • Fellow of the American Physical Society
  • Albert Einstein Medal (1985)
  • Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics (1998)
  • ICTP Dirac Medal (1985)
  • Crafoord Prize in Mathematics (2008)
  • Nemmers Prize in Mathematics (2000)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • honorary doctor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2016)
  • Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1999)
  • honorary doctor of Harvard University (2005)
  • Clay Research Award (2001)
  • Golden Plate Award (1997)
  • APS Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Research (2016)
  • Crafoord Prize
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2019)
  • Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2013)
  • Clarivate Citation Laureates (2002)
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ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7752-6073
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English: Edward Witten (born August 26, 1951) is a professor for mathematical physics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
Deutsch: Edward Witten (* 26. August 1951) ist ein Professor für Mathematische Physik am Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
Italiano: Edward Witten (nato il 26 agosto 1951) è un professore di fisica matematica all'Institute for Advanced Study di Princeton.
Español: Edward Witten (nacido el 26 de agosto de 1951) es físico y matemático en el Instituto de Estudios Avanzados de Princeton.
Français : Edward Witten (né le 26 Août 1951) est professeur de physique mathématique à l'Institute for Advanced Study de Princeton.