*Description*
Edward Witten is a brilliant theoretical physicist who has made many significant contributions to theoretical physics. In this video, we briefly review his educational background and his contributions to physics.
*Some links (including sources used in this video)*
1) Ed Witten's interview with David Zierler: https://www.aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral-histories/46968
2) Ed Witten's interview with Hirosi Ooguri: https://www.ams.org/notices/201505/rnoti-p491.pdf
3) Ed Witten's interview at the Institute of Physics: https://youtu.be/06yXsnTFF-U?si=dRx5n1tQn5MLP126
4) Ed Witten's interview at Kyoto Prize: https://youtu.be/7879oGdhWdU?si=bKj_zP1iHTtgpFKK
5) David Gross at The Origins Podcast: https://youtu.be/o_hkxxe9_9g?si=ByDfik3iU_GRYTX2
6) Ed Witten's inspire page: https://inspirehep.net/authors/983328?ui-citation-summary=true
7) Link to the high energy physics resources page on my website: https://hassaansaleem.com/graduate-level-theoretical-physics-resources-in-progress/
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*Time stamps*
0:00 Witten in media
1:01 Intro
1:30 His background
6:28 His work on Olive-Montonen duality
7:23 His work on Morse theory
8:26 His early work on string theory
9:43 His work on positive energy theorem
11:18 His work on Jones polynomial
11:58 His interaction with Langland's program
12:38 His work on dualities and M theory
15:48 His work on AdS/CFT
16:29 His work on non-commutative geometry
17:23 His work on Langland's program
18:36 His miscellaneous important works
19:45 Final word
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