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Mathematical physics

A mathematical mindset: Graham Farmelo sings the praises of string theory

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03 Dec 2019 Matin Durrani
Taken from the December 2019 issue of Physics World, where it appeared under the headline "A mathematical mindset".

Matin Durrani reviews The Universe Speaks in Numbers: How Modern Maths Reveals Nature’s Deepest Secrets by Graham Farmelo

For the last 40 years, a dedicated group of theoretical physicists has been beavering away on an amb

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