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Physics Bulletin

… a new play by Tom stoppard starring Felicity Kendal, Nigel Hawthorne and Roger Rees, showing at the Aldwych Theatre, Drury Lane

G. Thompson

Published Jun 1, 1988• 0 citations
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Abstract

'Avoid the drama', said the friendly man from IOPP, 'what we are interested in is a criticism of the quantum physics!'. That would be to miss the point as surely as the case of Samuel Johnson's most quotable dog walking on its hind legs.
DOI
10.1088/0031-9112/39/6/027

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