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Einstein was brilliant, of course, but he was also lucky. When he developed the general theory of relativity, he dealt with a world that had just three spatial dimensions plus time. As a result, he could use off-the-shelf mathematics to develop and solve his equations. M theorists can't: their science resides in an 11-dimensional world that is filled with weird objects called branes. Strings, in this nomenclature, are one-dimensional branes; membranes are two-dimensional branes. But there are also higher-dimensional branes that no one, including Witten, quite knows how to deal with. For these...
...unaware of his legend in the making--or the 90-plus volumes that would eventually be needed to preserve his words. Everything Gandhi ever said and did was recorded by legions of secretaries. Then he insisted on going over their notes and choosing the version he liked best. "I want only one gospel in my life," he said...
...nation's largest New Year's celebrations on its fabled strip. The feds continue to scour the Southwest for leads on the disappearance of a thousand pounds of explosives from an Arizona rock quarry. Across the country, authorities in the Big Apple - expected to host a million-plus in Times Square - are fortifying the city, welding manholes shut and locking postal boxes in the area surrounding Times Square. The city will saturate the area with an 8,000-strong army of police officers and a fleet of surveillance helicopters on New Year's Eve. Furthermore, area hospitals are hoarding antibiotics...
...announced his intention to resign from his position as resident tutor of Mather House after a rash of homophobic acts of vandalism this year. Muhammad's departure at the end of the semester will be a loss to the entire community but is particularly a blow to the 300-plus members of Mather House who had signed a pledge in October endorsing non-discrimination in order to show their support for Muhammad...
That may be wishful thinking. Thorny problems still need to be resolved, not only on the boundary line but also on the timing of the Israeli withdrawal, plus the peace and security guarantees Syria would offer in return. Moreover, the Palestinians fear that their more complicated negotiations, in which Albright made little headway last week, will take a backseat while Barak cuts a deal with Assad. "Success is not inevitable," Clinton warned. But at least there was a glimmer of hope...