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Physics World

It's all cone wrong

Trevor Williams

Published Mar 1, 2020• 0 citations
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Abstract

In response to Michael Berry’s Lateral Thoughts article “True, but not real” (January p56).
DOI
10.1088/2058-7058/33/3/27

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