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Must we topple Einstein to let physics leap forward again?

16 April 2019

Einstein’s genius casts a long shadow over fundamental physics. The documentary Chasing Einstein wonders if reverence for the past is blocking breakthroughs

Why Ian McEwan doesn’t see his latest novel as being science fiction

16 April 2019

What would the 1980s have been like if Alan Turing had lived? Ian McEwan talks about his exploration of a speculative past for AI in his novel Machines Like Me

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Must we topple Einstein to let physics leap forward again?

Why Ian McEwan doesn’t see his latest novel as being science fiction

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