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      Space & Physics

      The Universe's Unseen Dimensions

      The visible universe could lie on a membrane floating within a higher-dimensional space

      • By Georgi Dvali, Nima Arkani-Hamed, Savas Dimopoulos on October 1, 2002
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      ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)

        Recent Articles by Georgi Dvali

        • Out of the Darkness
        • The Universe's Unseen Dimensions

          Recent Articles by Nima Arkani-Hamed

          • The Universe's Unseen Dimensions

            Savas Dimopoulos is the Hamamoto Family Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University and the Archimedes Distinguished Visiting Research Chair at Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Canada. His research in particle physics spans four decades.

            Recent Articles by Savas Dimopoulos

            • It's Time for Particle Physics to Go Back to the Future
            • The Universe's Unseen Dimensions
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