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Nautilus

Steven Gubser & Frans Pretorius

Physics

A Letter to Einstein from the Future

Subodh Patil

7 Major Experiments That Still Haven’t Found What They’re Looking For

John Farrell

The Tangled History of Big Bang Science

James Owen Weatherall

Why Rotation Makes No Sense Sometimes

Alan Lightman earned his Ph.D. in physics from the California Institute of Technology and is the author of seven novels, including the international best seller Einstein’s Dreams. His nonfiction includes The Accidental Universe, and most recently, The Miraculous from the Material. He is currently a professor of the practice of the humanities at MIT. He is the host of the public television series Searching: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science.

general relativity

A Letter to Einstein from the Future

7 Major Experiments That Still Haven’t Found What They’re Looking For

The Tangled History of Big Bang Science

Why Rotation Makes No Sense Sometimes

My Personal Hero: Alan Lightman on William Gerace

“White Holes” Could Exist—But That Doesn’t Mean They Do

The Most Massive Object in the Universe—How Was It Created?