Word: vafa
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...latest rage in physics, which attempts to meld relativity and quantum theory--there may be more than three dimensions of space and more than one dimension of time. What does that mean? Even the experts have no clue. "We're trying to understand it," says Harvard theorist Cumrun Vafa. "It's quite mysterious...
Professor of Physics Cumrun Vafa says that though the exact form of the SU(5) theory is under debate, "Georgi's and Glashow's work is pioneering in the field and has greatly influenced the thinking of physicists on unification...
...Society is supporting them in the adventure, and the least they can do is explain their findings to the society in a language which is comprehensible," newly tenured Harvard physics professor Cumrun Vafa says of his fellow string theorists...