Author: Edward Witten

Quotes

I don't care about movies. I tend to play badminton once a week.

I don't care about movies. I tend to play badminton once a week.

- Edward Witten

One of the basic things about a string is that it can vibrate in many different shapes or forms, which gives music its beauty.

One of the basic things about a string is that it can vibrate in many different shapes or forms, which gives music its beauty.

- Edward Witten

String theory is an attempt at a deeper description of nature by thinking of an elementary particle not as a little point but as a little loop of vibrating string.

String theory is an attempt at a deeper description of nature by thinking of an elementary particle not as a little point but as a little loop of vibrating string.

- Edward Witten

There was a long history of speculation that in quantum gravity, unlike Einstein's classical theory, it might be possible for the topology of spacetime to change.

There was a long history of speculation that in quantum gravity, unlike Einstein's classical theory, it might be possible for the topology of spacetime to change.

- Edward Witten

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