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Personalities Opinion and reviews Emilie du Châtelet: the genius without a beard Newton's little known French champion
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Personalities Feature The death of a nuclear legend The controversial life and times of Edward Teller
Personalities Feature The many worlds of Murray Gell-Mann Quarks, complexity and much much more Read article: The many worlds of Murray Gell-Mann
Personalities Opinion and reviews John Bardeen: genius in action The first biography of the only person to win two Nobel Prizes for Physics
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