The Universe Speaks in Numbers - Robbert Dijkgraaf and Edward Witten in Conversation
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Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
Mathematical rigor
Preliminary
Progress
We were misguided
Emergence of spacetime
Geometry and space
Most satisfying results
Interaction between physics and mathematics
Are mathematicians more unified than physicists
The folk theorem in physics
Is number theory relevant to physics
Is the first approximation still not connected to physics
Theoretical physics and experiments in the world
Working theories of quantum gravity
String theory
Is string theory right
Conclusion
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