Pythagorus Award to Witten

Edward Witten has won the "Pythagoras" international prize for mathematics, organised by Crotone's local council [Crotone in southern Italy is the place where Pythagorus settled down in the latter part of his life and founded a movement with religious, political and philosophical goals].

Witten was awarded the prize today at the end of a ceremony at Crotone. Edward Witten is a professor at Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study and is considered by many the most innovative theoretical physicist of our times. He conducted extensive researches in a number of fields, such as: general relativity, high-energy physics, String theory and mathematical physics. Witten was also awarded the Fields Medal in 1990.

To know more about Witten, the best place to visit is Witten's homepage.