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The theoretical computer scientist behind the influential Unique Games Conjecture delights in the wonders of New York’s Washington Square Park, where he ponders the impossible.
One of the world’s preeminent theoretical physicists seeks a quiet place to think.
The two physicists who introduced Peccei-Quinn symmetry came up with their idea on and around Stanford University’s campus 40 years ago.
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.
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.
Quanta Magazine invites readers to share about their early math and science learning experiences and to explore the interactive survey results.
Explore the deepest mysteries at the frontier of fundamental physics, and the most promising ideas put forth to solve them.
Solve this variation of Thomas Kirkman’s famous 1850 puzzle by arranging girls in walking groups. And think fast — the clock is ticking.
Imagine the fabric of space-time peeled back layer by layer.