Ashoke Sen

The beauty of string theory is that it is all about mathematics. For that, you don't need resources or labs. Just sit in your room and do the maths. ”

One of the questions that always puzzled human history is, what are we, and everything around us, made of. ”

Since my work is theoretical, the financial needs are very little. Doing the research itself is the toughest challenge. ”

I work in string theory. This is a branch of physics which assumes that the elementary objects in the universe are not particles but one-dimensional objects, that is, strings. ”

Theoretical physics hardly requires any research funding, so I never felt the need. The overall government and institutional support has been good enough for my work. ”

My work indicated that if we consider smaller and smaller black holes, at some stage, the properties of black holes become indistinguishable from those of elementary particles. ”

My work on symmetries of string theory is on what is known as strong-weak coupling duality, or S-duality. ”

My work on black holes was on the connection between black holes and elementary particles. ”

Indian science has a bright future. ”