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Mathematician Lauren Williams standing in front of a whiteboard that has mathematics written on it.
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A Mathematician’s Unanticipated Journey Through the Physical World

By Kevin Hartnett
December 16, 2020
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Lauren Williams has charted an adventurous mathematical career out of the pieces of a fundamental object called the positive Grassmannian.

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Visions of Future Physics

By Natalie Wolchover
September 22, 2015
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Nima Arkani-Hamed is championing a campaign to build the world’s largest particle collider, even as he pursues a new vision of the laws of nature.

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A Jewel at the Heart of Quantum Physics

By Natalie Wolchover
September 17, 2013
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Physicists have discovered a jewel-shaped geometric object that challenges the notion that space and time are fundamental constituents of nature.

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