IEEE Spectrum May, 2010 - 9

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2. Who Is Afraid of Music?
3. Apropos Einstein's Perfect
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4. Honey, I Shrunk to the Quantum
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5. Honey, I Shrunk to the Quantum
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7. I'd Like to See a Cosmos Sing
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8. Einstein's Hypotenuse and
Strings-Part I
9. Einstein's Hypotenuse and
Strings-Part II
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13. Gauge Theory-A Brief Return
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16. Extra Dimensions-Ether-like or
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17. The Fundamental Forces
Strung Out
18. Do-See-Do and Swing Your
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19. Do-See-Do and Swing Your
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20. A Superpartner for Dr. Einstein's
Graviton
21. Can 4D Forces (without Gravity)
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22. If You Knew SUSY
23. Can I Have that Extra Dimension
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24. Is String Theory the Theory
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