Musician Dictionary

Edward Witten

American theoretical physicist · physicist

DescriptionAmerican theoretical physicist
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Born1951-08-26
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BirthplaceBaltimore Baltimore
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AreaUnited States
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CountryUS
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CitizenshipUnited States
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Occupationmathematician theoretical physicist physicist university teacher string theorist
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Member ofAmerican Physical Society French Academy of Sciences National Academy of Sciences Pontifical Academy of Sciences American Mathematical Society American Academy of Arts and Sciences Royal Society of London American Philosophical Society
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AwardsHenri Poincaré Prize Lorentz Medal Golden Plate Award Fellow of the American Mathematical Society ICTP Dirac Medal honorary doctor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences James Madison Medal National Medal of Science Isaac Newton Medal Fields medal Fellow of the American Physical Society MacArthur Fellows Program Alan T. Waterman Award Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics Albert Einstein Medal Foreign Member of the Royal Society Harvey Prize Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship honorary doctor of Harvard University Crafoord Prize in Mathematics Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences APS Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Research Oskar Klein Medal Clarivate Citation Laureates Clay Research Award Albert Einstein World Award of Science Nemmers Prize in Mathematics Crafoord Prize Honorary Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales
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