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Originally Posted by renormalised
Ed Witten is one of those lucky few who can not only think in terms of numbers but he can also think intuitively, which is where he can connect between the two. He bridges the theory and the experimentation...the methodical logician and the insightful experimentalist.
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The man is a genius.
Whereas many mathematicians have gone on to win Nobel Prizes in Physics and Economics, Witten is the only physicist to win the Fields Medal in pure mathematics, which is the maths version of the Nobel Prizes.
Steven