Professor Michael Duff
Prof. Michael Duff FRS is an Emeritus Professor and Senior Research Investigator in Theoretical Physics. Michael's interests lie in unified theories of the elementary particles, quantum gravity, supergravity, Kaluza-Klein theory, superstrings, supermembranes, M-theory and quantum information theory. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, a Fellow of the American Physical Society, a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, a Member of the London Mathematical Society, Recipient of the 2004 Meeting Gold Medal, El Colegio Nacional, Mexico, the 2017 Paul Dirac Gold Medal and Prize, Institute of Physics, UK and the 2018 Trotter Prize, USA. He was inducted as 2019 Faculty Fellow of the Hagler Institute for Advanced Study, Texas A&M University, see Prof. Duff Profile.
See below for Prof. Duff engagements:
- A special issue of Proceedings of the Royal Society, Special feature: Quantum gravity, branes and M-theory was dedicated to Michael on the occasion of his 70th birthday.
Mike Duff's videos
The World in Eleven Dimensions
Friends of Imperial Theoretical Physics 2014 Lecture by Prof. Mike Duff
Friends of Imperial Theoretical Physics lecture "The World in Eleven Dimensions" given by Professor Michael Duff on Friday 30 May 2014.
See the FITP channel for other videos from Friends of Imperial Theoretical Physics.
Prof. Michael Duff on Dr. Abdus Salam
The Black Hole Channel - Setting the Record Straight
In this exclusive video, Prof. Michael James Duff, emeritus professor at Imperial College London, discusses the remarkable scientific contributions and legendary stature of Dr. Abdus Salam. Prof. Duff, a Fellow of the Royal Society and the American Physical Society, is also the 2017 recipient of the Dirac Medal awarded by the Institute of Physics.
Books by Prof. Duff
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