Peter Woit

Peter Woit
Woit in 2005
Born (1957-09-11) September 11, 1957 (age 67)
NationalityAmerican, Latvian
EducationHarvard University (BA, MA)
Princeton University (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical physics
InstitutionsColumbia University
Doctoral advisorCurtis Callan[1]
Websitemath.columbia.edu/~woit/

Peter Woit (/ˈwɔɪt/; born September 11, 1957) is a Latvian-American mathematician who works in Geometric Langlands and Twistor theory. He works in the mathematics department at Columbia University. Woit, a critic of string theory, has published a book Not Even Wrong (2006) and writes a blog of the same name.[2]

  1. ^ Woit, Peter (2011). Not Even Wrong: The Failure of String Theory and the Continuing Challenge to Unify the Laws of Physics. Random House. p. 114. ISBN 9781446443019.
  2. ^ "Department of Mathematics Faculty Bio: Peter Woit". Columbia University. Retrieved 2 November 2013.

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