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Conversations About Science with Theoretical Physicist Matt Strassler

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[An immediate continuation of Part 1, which you should definitely read first; today’s post is not stand-alone.] The Asymmetry Between Location and Motion We are in the middle of trying to figure out if the electron (or other similar object) could possibly be of infinitesimal size, to match the naive meaning of the words “elementary […]

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