Nathan Seiberg Quotes

Israel, Physicist
September 22, 1956

Nathan "Nati" Seiberg (/ˈsaɪbɜːrɡ/) is an Israeli American theoretical physicist who works on string theory. He is currently a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, USA.

Also known as Professor

Supersymmetry arises naturally in string theory.

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- Theory
- Symmetry
- String
Ultimately, we hope to find a fundamental theory that explains everything with no input parameters.

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- Find
- Theory
- Parameters

Two lines must meet at a point. Therefore there are only two surprises here.

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- Point
- Lines
- Surprises
I am almost certain that space and time are illusions. These are primitive notions that will be replaced by something more sophisticated.

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- Time
- Space
- Illusions
This is a rather unusual situation in physics. We perform approximate calculations which are valid only in some regime and this gives us the exact answer. This is a theorist's heaven- exact results with approximate methods.

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- Results
- Methods
- Theorist
The standard model gives us an accuracy of ten decimal digits, this is an amazing success that has never been achieved before in science.

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- Success
- Model
- Accuracy
What will the greatest experiment discover? I have no idea!, maybe nothing!, If we won't check, we will never know. In science there is never a guarantee of success. If you understood this last sentence, then you understood the most important message of this lecture.

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Whenever you work on something and try to solve one problem, and you end up helping or solving many other problems, it is a sign that what you are doing is good.

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- Work
- Problem
- Solving

Gravity is not an option in string theory. It is a logical consequence of it!

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