Phymaths podcast # 77 || Dr. John Schwarz

DescriptionDr. John Schwarz is the Harold Brown Professor of Theoretical Physics, Emeritus, at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). He is one of the pioneers of superstring theory and played a central role in the first superstring revolution through his groundbreaking work with Michael Green. His research focuses on string theory, quantum gravity, and theoretical elementary particle physics. A list of his works is given below.Some links1) His works: https://inspirehep.net/authors/9895842) Link to the high-energy physics resources page on my website: https://hassaansaleem.com/graduate-level-theoretical-physics-resources-in-progress/Contact InfoMy website: hassaansaleem.comFollow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hassaan.3142/Join the WhatsApp channel: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va9DkjmAzNbs7IlGuv1XFollow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Hassaan_PHYEmail Queries: [email protected]Time stamps(0:00) Intro of the guest(0:19) Graduate days with Geoffrey Chew(1:47) Dual resonance models(5:34) Early days of string theory(16:27) His collaboration with Joel Scherk(23:18) Discovery of 11D supergravity(25:23) His collaboration with Michael Green(35:30) Physics Carabet anecdote(39:16) His work on dualities(42:47) His textbooks (GSW and BBS)(48:39) His relationship with Feynman(50:35) Selecting graduate students(51:37) (People's question) Building collaborations(54:21) (People's question) Working on your idea(55:52) (People's question) Dark dimension scenario(1:02:15) (People's question) Amplitudes program(1:02:50) (People's question) Favorite brane(1:03:03) (People's question) Pursuing strings today(1:06:40) (People's question) Underexplored subfield(1:07:38) (People's question) 1984 work reception(1:10:09) (People's question) Pure spinor formalism(1:11:20) (People's question) AI problem solving(1:15:09) (People's question) Worthy problem(1:15:47) (People's question) Aspen center, Colorado(1:17:13) (People's question) Weinberg and strings