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At NIST's Time and Frequency lab in Colorado, scientists build precision clocks from elements like mercury and ytterbium. The instruments harness general relativity to detect a range of conditions and situations, from heart defects to subterranean oil fields. Just don't ask them what time it is.
IN 1999, legendary theoretical physicist Hans Bethe delivered three lectures on quantum theory to his neighbors at the Kendal of Ithaca retirement community (near Cornell University). Given by Professor Bethe at age 93, the lectures are presented here as
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