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...physicists and cosmologists talking about their work and they will tell you that there are elegant theories and messy ones. Almost all of them believe the universe conforms to an elegant one. A central goal of today's physics, in fact, is to show that at its very beginning, the universe was ordered and unified. But this unity didn't last for long. Just instants after the Big Bang, as the explosion cooled and its contents scattered, the cosmos' forces and matter differentiated. The universe fell from a state of perfect grace into its current complexity, in a cosmic parallel...
...family moved around a lot—from New York to London, Montreal to Pittsburgh, and back again to New York. At each new school, we faced the same routine. No one would be able to tell us apart. We’d be Graff twins at first, and after a few months we would finally become recognized as distinct entities: Anabel and Emily...
...having Anabel as a twin is like having a really cool 24/7 best friend. Someone who will always listen to you and will give you sound advice; someone who will read your papers and let you know when your thesis is crappy; someone who will tell you when you have accessorized poorly and will fix it with a pair of snakeskin sandals and a stack of silver bangles...
...Tell me one thing that nobody here knows about you,” one camper, Nathan, said. We went around in a circle. The answers were pretty much confined to petty theft and vandalism. Then, my turn...
...Faculty have to call for a quorum count. “Right now you may guess that we have a quorum, but you won’t know,” Stock said. “Secretary [of the Faculty Noel] Bisson knows, but she won’t tell you unless you ask her.” Before beginning the discussion of the proposal, Professor of German Peter J. Burgard elected to take the initiative. “The obvious question is, do we have a quorum?” Burgard asked, setting in motion a brief flurry...