Stephen Hawking of Cambridge University (front) joined some of the world’s leading physicists who came together at UCSB in 2001.
Joseph Polchinski
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UCSB physicist and permanent KITP member Joseph Polchinski wins prestigious 2017 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
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This year’s Faculty Research Lecture explored the challenge of unifying quantum mechanics and relativity -
His lecture, “Space-Time Versus the Quantum,” will cover the yin and yang of general relativity and quantum mechanics
