Peter Woit
Peter Woit | |
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Woit in 2005 | |
| Born | September 11, 1957 |
| Nationality | American, Latvian |
| Education | Harvard University (BA, MA) Princeton University (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical physics |
| Institutions | Columbia University |
| Doctoral advisor | Curtis Callan |
| Website | math |
Peter Woit (/ˈwɔɪt/; born September 11, 1957) is a Latvian-American mathematician who works in twistor theory. He works in the mathematics department at Columbia University. Woit, a critic of string theory, has published a book Not Even Wrong (2006) and writes a blog of the same name.