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== Witten, the History Major ==
== Witten, the History Major ==
I believe this fact is true, but how relevant is its inclusion here? As written, it almost makes it sound like Witten is lacking in qualifications. Obviously nothing could be further from the truth. His insights from string theory have contributed to revolutions in mathematics. Almost every topic of research in geometry bears his name: Seiberg-Witten theory, the Witten complex, the Witten index, Gromov-Witten theory, it just goes on and on. According to Nature, he has the highest h-index of any living physicist. AND, he's won the Fields Medal. So possibly he deserves a little respect.--[[User:Lemonpeel|Lemonpeel]] 17:37, 16 June 2009 (EDT)
I believe this fact is true, but how relevant is its inclusion here? As written, it almost makes it sound like Witten is lacking in qualifications. Obviously nothing could be further from the truth. His insights from string theory have contributed to revolutions in mathematics. Almost every topic of research in geometry bears his name: Seiberg-Witten theory, the Witten complex, the Witten index, Gromov-Witten theory, it just goes on and on. According to Nature, he has the highest h-index of any living physicist. AND, he's won the Fields Medal. So possibly he deserves a little respect.--[[User:Lemonpeel|Lemonpeel]] 17:37, 16 June 2009 (EDT)
:Witten may be a fabulous mathematician. He may be a great historian also. But it's a common flaw of [[liberal]] thinking to insist that because someone is good in one academic field, he must be an expert in another.
:In fact, great literary writers, for example, are usually not great physicists. Physics, I hope you'd agree, is the study of physical world and that usually requires an interest and skill at conducting experiments.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 17:41, 16 June 2009 (EDT)
== String theory "unrelated" to known forces in nature? ==
== String theory "unrelated" to known forces in nature? ==