His inaugural lecture as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics was titled : `` Is the end in sight for Theoretical Physics '' and proposed N = 8 Supergravity as the leading theory to solve many of the outstanding problems physicists were studying .
[ 82 ] [ 185 ] His inaugural lecture as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics was titled : `` Is the end in sight for Theoretical Physics '' and proposed N = 8 Supergravity as the leading theory to solve many of the outstanding problems physicists were studying .