Andrew Strominger

American physicist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1955 · age 71

Andrew Eben Strominger is an American theoretical physicist who is the director of Harvard's Center for the Fundamental Laws of Nature. He specializes in quantum gravity and string theory who is known for early work on celestial holography. He co-formulated the SYZ conjecture and the CGHS model.

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2020Guggenheim FellowshipAward2019“The uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics says that all spacetime positions are slightly uncertain. ... Nothing is immune from the uncertainty principle. ...”In their words25 September 2019cite journal|title=Andrew Strominger: Solving the Puzzle of Black Holes|date=25 September 2019|journal=World Science Festival, YouTube|url=Read the whole statement

2016Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical PhysicsAward2014Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental PhysicsAwardICTP Dirac MedalAwardOskar Klein MedalAward2008Leonard Eisenbud Prize for Mathematics and PhysicsAward1955Born30 July 1955

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It is shown that many of the s of type II string theory and d = 11 supergravity can have boundaries on other p-branes.
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Much of over the last century has concerned the reductionist quest to uncover the laws of nature at ever shorter distances.
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We have no idea what science will look in, say, twenty or thirty years. ... Every scientist has to bet. Science is not a science - it's an art and a gamble.
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