When people think of theoretical physicists, "Big Bang Theory's" Sheldon Cooper may come to mind, spouting esoteric mathematical equations regarding mysteries of the universe. Although he may make the ...

Is modern theoretical physics more than just solving word problems? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand ...

There are not many professions where people routinely ask you to justify your work, but theoretical physics one of them. In the wake of the recent Nobel Prize to Peter Higgs and François Englert for ...

Great theories draw on the same creative roots as great poetry or fiction, but the constraints of fact add something unique THERE is a story called The Little Prince by the French writer Antoine de ...

With the Big Bang theory, modern scientists gave us a story about our universe’s birth. With special relativity and quantum mechanics, they elucidated the fundamental characteristics of that universe.

A concept developed for computer science could have a key role in fundamental physics — and point the way to a new understanding of space and time. When physicist Leonard Susskind gives talks these ...

A $18.4 million commitment from the Leinweber Foundation to the University of Chicago will support the creation of a new institute for theoretical physics at UChicago. The transformative gift will ...

R. Dijkgraaf, E. Witten, "Mean field theory, topological field theory, and multi-matrix models," Nuclear Physics B, 342:486-522, 1990. Robert Dijkgraaf (Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University ...