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Rainer Weiss
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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
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Yitang Zhang’s Santa Barbara Beach Walk

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


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