He now ranks as a world leader in research into something called “string theory”. He is also the only physicist to have won a Field Medal. This major international award is likened to a Nobel Prize, given Nobel did not see fit to honour mathematics with one of his prizes. Witten’s Hamilton Lecture will abandon string theory, however, in favour of knots, with a talk entitled: The Quantum Theory of Knots.
Maar even afwachten wanneer de lezing op YouTube te zien zal zijn. Eén ding verheugd ons allen zeer, namelijk dat Witten van mening is dat de knopentheorie een stuk begrijpelijker is dan de snaartheorie:
Knot theory is unusual in that some of the deepest modern insights in this subject can be explained in down-to-earth terms that everyone can understand.
Bron: Irish Times + Royal Irish Academy.










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