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Lucy Reading-Ikkanda

Lucy Reading-Ikkanda

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Helen Quinn and Roberto Peccei at Stanford University
Thinking Places

Roberto Peccei and Helen Quinn, Driving Around Stanford in a Clunky Jeep

By Thomas Lin +2 authors
Olena Shmahalo
Lucy Reading-Ikkanda
June 15, 2017
Read Later

The two physicists who introduced Peccei-Quinn symmetry came up with their idea on and around Stanford University’s campus 40 years ago.

Rainer Weiss
Thinking Places

Rainer Weiss, Remembering the Little Room in the Plywood Palace

By Natalie Wolchover +2 authors
Olena Shmahalo
Lucy Reading-Ikkanda
June 15, 2017
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The physicist who designed the LIGO experiment that detected gravitational waves still holes up in a small basement lab surrounded by electronics and optical instruments.

Yitang Zhang
Thinking Places

Yitang Zhang’s Santa Barbara Beach Walk

By Thomas Lin +2 authors
Olena Shmahalo
Lucy Reading-Ikkanda
June 15, 2017
Read Later

An obscure number theorist who became an overnight sensation with a major proof about the gaps between prime numbers now finds quiet inspiration walking along the Pacific Coast.

Interviews

John Novembre: A Map of Human History, Hidden in DNA

By Lucy Reading-Ikkanda
April 20, 2017

John Novembre explains how he uses genomic data to map human history.


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