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LaTeX was only released in 1984. In the pre-LaTeX era it was common for papers to have hand written formulas and diagrams. Here is a Richard Feynman's PhD thesis, published in 1942.
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Black Holes Are Proof We’re Living in a Holographic Universe
This is how a black hole can exist in both two dimensions and three dimensions at the same time.
Discovery of ‘lost’ continent may solve mass extinction mystery
A study could explain how native Asian mammals ended up settling in another continent
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A blue jet is a strange kind of lightning that zips up, rather than down from a thundercloud. Here’s how scientists think it forms. (From 2021)
Space station detectors found the source of weird ‘blue jet’ lightning
The origins of an enigmatic type of lightning in the upper atmosphere has been traced to a 10-microsecond flash of bright blue light.
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Jeff Bezos is looking to defy death – this is what we know about the science of ageing
Amazon founder is funding a biotechnology startup that is looking to reverse ageing.
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Physicists Manipulate Electrons To Create “Synthetic Dimensions”
Rice University lab manipulates ultracold Rydberg atoms to mimic quantum interactions. Our spatial sense doesn’t extend beyond the familiar three dimensions, but that doesn’t stop scientists from play...
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Quantum theory was originally formulated using complex numbers. Nonetheless, when replying to a letter by Hendrik Lorenz, Erwin Schrödinger (one of its founding fathers), wrote: "Using complex numbers... View More
Physicists test real quantum theory in an optical quantum network
Quantum theory was originally formulated using complex numbers. Nonetheless, when replying to a letter by Hendrik Lorenz, Erwin Schrödinger (one of its founding fathers), wrote: “Using complex numbers...
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'No human mind has done more to enrich our understanding of black holes, the wonderfully simple objects now poised to teach us profound lessons not only about their own space-times but also about the ... View More
Footnotes to Plato | Roger Penrose: Beauty above all
In 1918, three years after Einstein completed his new theory of gravity, he declared that “the supreme task of the physicist is to arrive at the elementary laws from which the cosmos can be built up b...
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Niels Bohr’s drive to understand the wave-particle paradox was fueled by a deep devotion to comprehending the experimental evidence in its totality.
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‘From Data to Quanta’ defends Niels Bohr’s view of quantum mechanics
In his new book, philosopher Slobodan Perović corrects misconceptions about physicist Niels Bohr’s work.
