Number 2 (Story #4), October 4, 1990 by Phillip F. Schewe and Ben Stein THE MOST PUBLISHED PHYSICIST OF THE PAST DECADE is Edward Witten of Princeton. Working in particle physics theory, especially on the theory of superstrings, Witten has published more than forty papers each of which has attracted fifty or more citations in other papers. Besides his many physics honors, Witten, who is 39 years old, recently received the Field Medal, the prestigious quadrennial mathematics award. (The Scientist, September 3, 1990)