Barton Zwiebach

Barton Zwiebach
Barton Zwiebach
	Barton Zwiebach at Harvard University
Born	October 4, 1954 (age 71); Lima, Peru
Education	National University of Engineering; California Institute of Technology
	Scientific career
Fields	String theory
Institutions	Harvard University; University of California, Berkeley; Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctoral advisor	Murray Gell-Mann
Doctoral students	Amer Iqbal

Barton Zwiebach (born Barton Zwiebach Cantor, October 4, 1954) is a Peruvian string theorist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Work

Zwiebach was born in Peru to a Jewish family and studied electrical engineering at the Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería in Peru, graduating in 1977.^[1]^[2] He subsequently attended graduate school in physics at the California Institute of Technology. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1983, working under the supervision of Murray Gell-Mann. He then held postdoctoral positions at the University of California, Berkeley and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). At MIT, he became an assistant professor of physics in 1987 and a permanent member of the faculty in 1994.^[3]

He is one of the world's leading experts in string field theory. He wrote the textbook A First Course in String Theory (2004, ISBN 0-521-83143-1), meant for undergraduates.^[4]^[5]

References

↑ Hayyim, Mayyim (2012-09-19). "An International and Multicultural Ritual Immersion". Mayyim Hayyim.
↑ "Open Letter regarding growing antisemitism at MIT" (PDF). Retrieved 2025-07-30.
↑ "Barton Zwiebach » MIT Physics". MIT Physics. 2025-05-28.
↑ Barton Zwiebach (10 June 2004). A First Course in String Theory. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-83143-7; 558 pages{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
↑ Gleiser, Marcelo (2005). "Review of A First Course in String Theory A First Course in String Theory by Barton Zwiebach". Physics Today. 58 (9): 57. doi:10.1063/1.2117825. ISSN 0031-9228.

External links

Barton Zwiebach at the Mathematics Genealogy Project

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[t272-1] Hayyim, Mayyim (2012-09-19). "An International and Multicultural Ritual Immersion". Mayyim Hayyim.

[o979-2] "Open Letter regarding growing antisemitism at MIT" (PDF). Retrieved 2025-07-30.

[h968-3] "Barton Zwiebach » MIT Physics". MIT Physics. 2025-05-28.

[4] Barton Zwiebach (10 June 2004). A First Course in String Theory. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-83143-7; 558 pages{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

[Gleiser2005-5] Gleiser, Marcelo (2005). "Review of A First Course in String Theory A First Course in String Theory by Barton Zwiebach". Physics Today. 58 (9): 57. doi:10.1063/1.2117825. ISSN 0031-9228.

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