Fundamental physical principles, number systems, novel group. Packard fellowship in science and engineering, 1998. He works on quantum field theory, quantum gravity and string theory. Maldacena, juan martin, 1968 american institute of physics. Juan maldacena is a professor in the school of natural sciences at the institute for. Sloan foundation fellowship, a macarthur fellowship, the dannie. By the year 2015, maldacena s paper had become the most highly cited paper in high energy physics with over 10,000 citations. In the past two years i have been doing research mainly on the description of black holes in string theory and on the relation of the large n limit of gauge theories and gravity. The simplest space with positive curvature is the surface of a sphere. The scientific american book of dinosaurs by gregory paul. This fascinating book presents an hourbyhour roundtheclock journal of your brains activities.
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He is studying this relationship further in order to understand the deep connection between black holes and quantum field theories, and he is also exploring the connection between string theory and cosmology. Dec 11, 20 scientific american is the essential guide to the most aweinspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives. Scientific american editors, gerard piel and dennis flanagan 1957. It is designed as a comprehensive and complete medical resource, of use to physicians, residents, students and research scientists. Interview with juan maldacena at the official string theory web site. Maldacena has received several awards, including the edward a. Damasio and including chapters on mapping the brain. To download the book directly into your ibooks, sign in to, navigate to your ebook purchase, and select the download epubother option. About the relative size of things in the universe, human diversity, the discovery of subatomic particles, and several more. Juan martin maldacena is an argentine american theoretical physicist and a professor at the institute for advanced studys school of natural sciences in princeton, new jersey. Scientific american is the essential guide to the most aweinspiring. Maldacena obtained his licenciatura a 6year degree in 1991 at the instituto balseiro, bariloche, argentina, under the supervision of gerardo aldazabal. Maldacena s work, which focuses on black holes, has attracted a lot of attention recently. Black holes, quantum information, and the structure of spacetime.
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He has made significant contributions to the foundations of string theory and quantum gravity. In 1997 the argentinean physicist juan maldacena produced a mathematically rigorous model of a hypothetical 5dimensional universe which conforms to certain principles of the holographic metaphor. He has made pathbreaking and seminal contributions to string theory and quantum gravity. Nastase, strings in flat space and pp waves from n 4 super yang mills waterloo 2002, theoretical physics j. Scientific american was founded by inventor and publisher rufus m. He is the recipient of the 2011 american institute of physics science writing award. Feinberg professor in the school of natural sciences at the institute for advanced study. George musser, author at spooky action at a distance. Chances are youve never heard of physicist jacob bekenstein, who devised a nifty formula for calculating a black holes entropy. Feb 17, 2016 this group of infographics comes from the scientific american reference book of 19, compiled by albert a. Maldacena s results also provided a concrete realization of the holographic principle with important implications for quantum gravity and black hole physics.
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He continues to study a relationship he has proposed between quantum gravity and quantum field theories in an effort to further understand the deep connection between black holes and quantum field theories as well as connections. Our present knowledge of fundamental physics is contained in two types of theories that seem very different in character. The scientific american library book series by multiple authors includes books powers of ten. Stars scientific american library paperback august 15, 1998 by james b. Introduction the science of black holes by jesse emspak. The ssdi is a searchable database of more than 70 million names. Juan martin maldacena is a theoretical physicist and the carl p. Scientific american is the essential guide to the most aweinspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives. In theoretical physics, the antide sitterconformal field theory correspondence, sometimes called maldacena duality or gaugegravity duality, is a conjectured relationship between two kinds of physical theories. In his 2003 article published in scientific american magazine, jacob bekenstein speculatively summarized a. The scientific american book of mathematical puzzles.
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Table of contents for issues of scientific american last update. Juan maldacena has also made remarkable breakthroughs in other areas, for example in performing the first rigorous computation of threepoint correlation functions of quantum fluctuations in the early universe, that are being measured today by cosmic microwave background experiments. He has proposed a relationship between quantum gravity and quantum field theories that elucidates various aspects of both theories. String theory is presently understood well enough to answer some of the puzzles of black hole physics. The scientific american book of love, sex and the brain. I use computers sometimes, for email or for exchanging information with colleagues, maldacena said, his words tinged with the spanish accent of his native argentina. Have you ever wondered whats happening in your brain as you go through a typical day and night. Scientific american volume 302, number 5, may, 2010. Many famous scientists, including albert einstein, have contributed articles to it. Zoology books of 2017 scientific american blog network. Juan maldacena argentine american physicist britannica. In 1997, theoretical physicist juan maldacena proposed that an. A short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in your family. This barcode number lets you verify that youre getting exactly the right version or edition of a book.
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