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What comes to mind when you hear the term “theoretical physics?” Probably Einstein, Hawking, and Hideki Yukawa. Or, maybe you think of Makoto Kobayashi, Toshihide Maskawa and Yoichiro Nambu, the trio ...

Comment and Physics Why we must inspire people with the magic of condensed matter physics Condensed matter is a huge field of physics that gets less attention than it deserves. We must show people its ...

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