Barton Zwiebach
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Barton Zwiebach is a string theorist
and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
, born in Lima
, Perú
. His undergraduate work was in Electrical Engineering at the Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería in Peru, from which he graduated in 1977.
His graduate work was in physics at the California Institute of Technology
. Zwiebach obtained his Ph.D. in 1983, working under the supervision of Murray Gell-Mann
. He has held postdoctoral positions at the University of California
, Berkeley
, and at MIT, where he became an assistant professor of physics in 1987, and a permanent member of the faculty in 1994.
He is one of the world's leading experts in string field theory
. He wrote the textbook, "A First Course in String Theory" (2004, ISBN 0521831431), meant for undergraduates.
String theory
String theory is an active research framework in particle physics that attempts to reconcile quantum mechanics and general relativity. It is a contender for a theory of everything , a manner of describing the known fundamental forces and matter in a mathematically complete system...
and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
, born in Lima
Lima
Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...
, Perú
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
. His undergraduate work was in Electrical Engineering at the Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería in Peru, from which he graduated in 1977.
His graduate work was in physics at the California Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology
The California Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. Caltech has six academic divisions with strong emphases on science and engineering...
. Zwiebach obtained his Ph.D. in 1983, working under the supervision of Murray Gell-Mann
Murray Gell-Mann
Murray Gell-Mann is an American physicist and linguist who received the 1969 Nobel Prize in physics for his work on the theory of elementary particles...
. He has held postdoctoral positions at the University of California
University of California
The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...
, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
, and at MIT, where he became an assistant professor of physics in 1987, and a permanent member of the faculty in 1994.
He is one of the world's leading experts in string field theory
String field theory
String field theory is a formalism in string theory in which the dynamics of relativistic strings is reformulated in the language of quantum field theory...
. He wrote the textbook, "A First Course in String Theory" (2004, ISBN 0521831431), meant for undergraduates.