The Little Book of String Theory by Steven S. Gubser

Gubser’s specialty was string theory, which many physicists believe could solve a fundamental problem in physics: the disconnect between quantum physics and general relativity, the theory put forward by Einstein. And as a young scientist he was cited in Europe as one of the most outstanding theoretical physicists under the age of 35.ĭr. As a student at Princeton he won the highest American award for undergraduate research. While still a teenager he became the first American to win an international physics competition for high school students. Gubser was one of the most accomplished physicists of his generation, making an impact early on. He, like his father before him, was an experienced rock climber who had scaled Comb Needle at least once before.ĭr. Gubser was in Chamonix climbing Comb Needle, a peak near Mont Blanc, the tallest mountain in the Alps, when his rope broke. Princeton University, where he was a professor, said Dr. 3 in a rock-climbing accident in the French Alps. Steven Gubser, a Princeton theoretical physicist who did groundbreaking work in trying to unite the two great fields of physics - quantum mechanics and general relativity - as part of a broad effort in the scientific community to devise “a theory of everything,” died on Aug.

The Little Book of String Theory by Steven S. Gubser