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Though there is an overwhelming amount of information floating around out there about the theory of relativity in all her guises, I was stumped last week when my eight year old nephew asked me to ...

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Could an analysis based on relatively simple calculations point the way to reconciling the two most successful — and stubbornly distinct — branches of modern theoretical physics? Frank Wilczek and his ...