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Juan maldacenas work focuses on quantum gravity, string theory, and quantum field theory. Juan maldacena, who first came to the institute as a member in 1999, has been a professor in the school of natural sciences since 2002. The best five arguably are edward witten, juan maldacena, ashok sen, nema arkanihamed, leonard susskind. He has made significant contributions to the foundations of string theory and quantum gravity. He has proposed a relationship between quantum gravity and. Juan maldacena, institute for advanced study this book tells a fascinating story of a life lived. Juan maldacenas work focuses on quantum gravity, string theory, and. String theory in a nutshell is the definitive introduction to modern string theory.
Maldacena was born in buenos aires, argentina on september 10, 1968. Juan maldacenas work focuses on quantum gravity, string theory and quantum field theory. Interview with juan maldacena ep department newsletter. As a young professor at harvard university in 1997, juan maldacena reshaped fundamental physics with the discovery that, as he put it, you can create a universe in a bottle. Juan maldacena1 lyman laboratory of physics, harvard university, cambridge, ma 028, usa abstract we show that the large n limit of certain conformal.
In 1997, juan maldacena formulated a result known as the adscft correspondence, which establishes a relationship between certain quantum field theories and theories of quantum. There is so much in the universe that is astonishing, from the smallest particles to the largest galaxies. One special case of maldacenas proposal says that n4 super yangmills theory, a gauge theory similar in some. Juan maldacena juan maldacena has been described as the first great theoretician of the twentyfirst century. Juan maldacena einstein index 12,998 juan maldacena, circa 2004 photo by lumidek, via wikimedia commons at last, we come to our number one. By age 14, he had passed university entrance examinations in. Buy the little book of string theory science essentials on. In this particular instance, juan maldacena really is someone important, in fact he is probably the most influential physicist currently active, and furthermore he does in fact. The universe speaks in numbers interview graham farmelo. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. Juan maldacena s work focuses on quantum gravity, string theory, and quantum field theory. Another colleague at the ias, juan maldacena, told michael lemonick in time, most other people have made one or two such contributions. He has proposed a relationship between quantum gravity and quantum field. Polchinski each gave brief lectures related to their work.
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Entanglement and the geometry of spacetime institute for. Juan maldacena first proposed the adscft correspondence in late 1997. Juan maldacena, pondering quantum gravity by the pond. Now just select the three papers with the highest citations make sure you include only research papers and no books and add up the three numbers. Juan martin maldacena september 10, 1968 in buenos aires, argentina is a theoretical physicist.
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