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Hunt Is on for Dark Energy as SRG X-Ray Telescopes Take Flight

July 16, 2019
A pioneering mission that traces its roots back to the Soviet Union achieved liftoff on July 13, 2019. Rashid Sunyaev , Maureen and John Hendricks Distinguished Visiting Professor in the School of Natural Sciences, helped conceive of the venture more than 15 years ago...
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Didier Fassin lectures at the podium

In the Media

Divide and Rule

July 15, 2019
In the London Review of Books , Didier Fassin , James D. Wolfensohn Professor in the School of Social Science, examines the recent European elections from a French perspective, arguing that Emmanuel Macron’s representation of the democratic challenge for Europe as an alternative between...
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Institute Scholars Give Talks at Strings 2019

July 15, 2019
The Strings 2019 conference, which convened international experts and researchers to discuss string theory, took place from July 9–13, 2019, in Brussels, Belgium. The annual international Strings conferences, which have been held every year since 1995, are focal points in the field, with scientists from...
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Artist's representation of Nils Barricelli

In the Media

The Computer Maverick Who Modeled the Evolution of Life

July 15, 2019
"In 1953, at the dawn of modern computing, Nils Aall Barricelli played God. Clutching a deck of playing cards in one hand and a stack of punched cards in the other, Barricelli hovered over one of the world’s earliest and most influential computers,...
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