Barton Zwiebach
Peruvian theoretical physicist (b. 1954)
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Barton Zwiebach (born Barton Zwiebach Cantor, October 4, 1954) is a Peruvian string theorist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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| Born | October 4, 1954 |
| Alma mater | National University of Engineering California Institute of Technology |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | String theory |
| Institutions | Harvard University University of California, Berkeley Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Doctoral advisor | Murray Gell-Mann |
| Doctoral students | Amer Iqbal |
Work
Zwiebach was born in Peru to a Jewish family and studied electrical engineering at the Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería in Peru, graduating in 1977.[1][2] He subsequently attended graduate school in physics at the California Institute of Technology. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1983, working under the supervision of Murray Gell-Mann. He then held postdoctoral positions at the University of California, Berkeley and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). At MIT, he became an assistant professor of physics in 1987 and a permanent member of the faculty in 1994.[3]
He is one of the world's leading experts in string field theory. He wrote the textbook A First Course in String Theory (2004, ISBN 0-521-83143-1), meant for undergraduates.[4][5]
