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2014 年京都獎得主韋頓訪談

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訪    談    者　大栗博司、戶田幸伸、山崎雅人

受訪者簡介　愛德華．韋頓（Edward Witten）是美國理論物理學家，現任職於普林斯頓高等研究院，專長領域為弦論、量子重力，超對稱量子場論。韋頓在研究所之前曾修歷史、語言學、經濟， 並短暫參與政治，最後進入普林斯頓大學應用數學所，最後取得物理學博士。他是弦論發展的主要領導人，啟動弦論第二次革命，被譽為愛因斯坦的真正接班人。 1990 年，韋頓獲頒數學大獎費爾茲獎，迄今仍是唯一位物理學家得主。

訪談者簡介   
譯        者　翁秉仁

譯者簡介　翁秉仁為臺大數學系副教授。

審定簡介    賀培銘為臺大物理系特聘教授，專長為數學物理與弦論。

本文出處    2014 年11 月，因韋頓獲得2014 年基礎科學京都獎而進行此次訪談。本文發表於Kavli IPMU《所訊》（2014 年12 月），並節譯分上下兩期發表於日本數學普及雜誌《数学セミナー》（2015 年4月與5 月），經受訪人略做修整後亦發表於《美國數學學會會訊》（2015 年5 月）。本刊感謝Kavli IPMU、大栗博司、韋頓同意轉載翻譯，本譯稿依受訪人要求，使用《美國數學學會會訊》的版本翻譯。

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