China accelerates physics research

International Herald Tribune | December 6, 2006| | Copyright

Dennis Overbye
International Herald Tribune
12-06-2006
Mao Zedong dreamed of splitting an electron.This was no idle diversion. According to natural dialectics, the philosophical underpinnings of Marxism, the entire universe was seething with tension and change. As a result, Mao thought, nature should be infinitely divisible.''Take a footlong stick and remove half every day. In 10,000 years it will not run out,'' Mao, who rarely missed the chance to chat to physicists, often said. ''This is truth. If you don't believe it, you may test it. If there is an end, there is no science.''Suitably ...

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