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::The attempt to discredit Witten as a physicist here seems somewhat deceitful to me -- there can really be no question of his qualifications in physics (whatever your views on string theory). Why is the subject of his undergraduate major important enough to mention, while is graduate specialty (physics, and under a Nobel laureate in physics at that) is not? He's written a number of important papers outside of string theory. Moreover, if you look through the list of Nobel laureates in physics, a good number of them have certainly done few if any experiments in their professional careers. The assertion that physicists must be skilled experimentalists is obviously specious. --[[User:MarkGall|MarkGall]] 17:58, 16 June 2009 (EDT)
::The attempt to discredit Witten as a physicist here seems somewhat deceitful to me -- there can really be no question of his qualifications in physics (whatever your views on string theory). Why is the subject of his undergraduate major important enough to mention, while is graduate specialty (physics, and under a Nobel laureate in physics at that) is not? He's written a number of important papers outside of string theory. Moreover, if you look through the list of Nobel laureates in physics, a good number of them have certainly done few if any experiments in their professional careers. The assertion that physicists must be skilled experimentalists is obviously specious. --[[User:MarkGall|MarkGall]] 17:58, 16 June 2009 (EDT)
I understand your point, but hear me out: Witten received his Ph.D. in '''physics''' under the advisorship of David Gross, a Nobel-Prize winning physicist. Witten has served as a professor of '''physics''' at Princeton (1980-87), and is now at the Institute for Advanced Studies as a Charles Simonyi professor of '''physics'''. He has more awards and honors in science than I care to mention, but a few that are relevant: Fellow, American Physical Society 1984, Einstein Medal, Einstein Society of Berne, Switzerland, 1985, Dirac Medal, International Center for Theoretical Physics, 1985. You may not like his work, but you can't argue that the man is a physicist.--[[User:Lemonpeel|Lemonpeel]] 18:04, 16 June 2009 (EDT)
== String theory "unrelated" to known forces in nature? ==
== String theory "unrelated" to known forces in nature? ==