Mathematician Shing-Tung Yau, chair of the mathematics department at Harvard University and recipient of the Fields Medal, MacArthur Fellowship, and Wolf Prize, delivered a lecture on April 30 to a filled room of faculty, students, and the general public (famed mathematician Louis Nirenberg was there). Dr. Yau is best known for proving the Calabi conjecture, which contributed the mathematical basis for string theory or the belief that 10-dimensional, vibrating strings construct the core of the universe.

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