Juan Maldacena interviewed by Graham Farmelo

The Universe Speaks in Numbers

Sep 2, 201917:35Science & Medicine

Science writer Graham Farmelo in conversation with Juan Maldacena. Juan Maldacena has been described as the first great theoretician of the twenty-first century. In a series of brilliantly imaginative insights, he has en...

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