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Jocelyn Bell Burnell at Perimeter: a special public lecture webcast

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People of PI: Claudia de Rham, unstuck by gravity

Since her postdoc days at Perimeter, visiting researcher Claudia de Rham has explored gravity from all possible angles.
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