"Jede Generation von Physikern hat ihre Leitfiguren. In den Jahrzehnten vor der String-Theorie waren es Gell-Mann und Feynman. In den letzten Jahrzehnten war es Edward Witten."
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Das Fenster zum Universum. Eine kleine Geschichte der Geometrie. Ăśbersetzer: Carl Freytag. Campus Verlag 2002, ISBN 3-593-36931-1, Seite 265.
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Leonard Mlodinow
US-amerikanischer Physiker und Autor
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