On the Shoulders of Giants: Edward Witten
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Acknowledging
the scientists who blazed intellectual trails before him, Isaac Newton
wrote, “If I have seen a little further it was by standing on the
shoulders of giants.” In this special annual series, we invite our
audience to stand on the shoulders of a modern-day giant.
In
2015, we were honored to present an address by a titan of physics,
Edward Witten. Professor Witten is a leading light of superstring theory
and the only physicist to have won the vaunted Fields Medal,
mathematics' highest honor. Known for advancing a number of novel
approaches in mathematics and physics, Witten opened up new vistas in
1995 when he unified five seemingly competing superstring theories into
M-theory, which seeks to unify Einstein’s general theory of relativity
with quantum mechanics.
PARTICIPANT: Edward Witten
PROGRAM DATE: Saturday, May 30, 2015
Nature Rhymes. 00:10
Waves. 1:00
Progress from the 17th century 6:55
Kinetic energy and the distance from the sun. 11:58
Lagrangian mechanics 16:09
Richard Feynman contributions to physics 22:45
The world line of a particle. 28:00
Newton and Einstein working together. 37:03
What if string theory is correct? 44:44
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the scientists who blazed intellectual trails before him, Isaac Newton
wrote, “If I have seen a little further it was by standing on the
shoulders of giants.” In this special annual series, we invite our
audience to stand on the shoulders of a modern-day giant.
In
2015, we were honored to present an address by a titan of physics,
Edward Witten. Professor Witten is a leading light of superstring theory
and the only physicist to have won the vaunted Fields Medal,
mathematics' highest honor. Known for advancing a number of novel
approaches in mathematics and physics, Witten opened up new vistas in
1995 when he unified five seemingly competing superstring theories into
M-theory, which seeks to unify Einstein’s general theory of relativity
with quantum mechanics.
PARTICIPANT: Edward Witten
PROGRAM DATE: Saturday, May 30, 2015
Nature Rhymes. 00:10
Waves. 1:00
Progress from the 17th century 6:55
Kinetic energy and the distance from the sun. 11:58
Lagrangian mechanics 16:09
Richard Feynman contributions to physics 22:45
The world line of a particle. 28:00
Newton and Einstein working together. 37:03
What if string theory is correct? 44:44
Subscribe to our YouTube Channel for all the latest from WSF.
Visit our Website: http://www.worldsciencefestival.com/
Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/worldscience...
Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/WorldSciFest
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