A brave little theory, and actually quite coherent for a system of
five or seven dimensions--if only we lived in one.
-- Academician Prokhor Zakharov,
"Now We Are Alone"
five or seven dimensions--if only we lived in one.
-- Academician Prokhor Zakharov,
"Now We Are Alone"
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