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Will the next Einstein come from Africa?

By Ivan Semeniuk

19 November 2008

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Neil Turok at the Perimeter Institute in Canada, which he hopes to turn into a global hub for frontier physics

(Image: Finn O’Hara)

Will the next Einstein come from Africa? If Neil Turok gets his wish the answer will be a resounding yes. When he’s not pondering the origin of the universe, Turok is setting up mathematical science institutes across Africa. Ivan Semeniuk caught up with him at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Canada to find out how Turok plans to change not only who does physics, but how physics is done

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