Physics in 100 years

2015/03/26 by Frank Wilczek · 3 voices · 48 citations
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paper · pdf · doi:10.1063/pt.3.3137

published in Physics Today 69(4), 32-39 (AIP Publishing) · 25 pages, 4 figures; based on presentation for 250 Anniversary celebration at Brown University

arxiv created 2015/03/26 · openalex publication_date 2016/03/31 · arxiv updated 2016/05/04 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

The fundamental questions of the future will be profound, sophisticated, and difficult to answer. And the great projects of the future will be grand indeed.

Citations

• Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger

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