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12 poignant poems (and one bizarre limerick) written by physicists about physics

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A universe of ideas: Perimeter Public Lecture Series resumes in October

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Innovation150 Expo transforms school into science centre for a day

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12 poignant poems (and one bizarre limerick) written by physicists about physics

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