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Bong Lian (Brandeis University), interview with author, December 12, 2007.

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Michael Atiyah, “Pulling the Strings,” Nature 438 (December 22–29, 2005): 1,082.

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Alan Guth (MIT), interview with author, September 13, 2007.

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David Morrison (University of California, Santa Barbara), interview with author, May 27, 2008.

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Allan Adams (MIT), interview with author, May 23, 2008.

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Joe Polchinski (University of California, Santa Barbara), interview with author, August 31, 2007.

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Morrison, interview with author, May 29, 2008.

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Paul Aspinwall (Duke University), interview with author, June 6, 2008.

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Morrison, interview with author, May 27, 2008.

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