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Natural physical networks are continuous, three-dimensional objects, like the small mathematical model displayed here.

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Atomic and molecular physics it the study of the properties, dynamics and interactions of the basic (but not fundamental) building blocks of matter. A crucial component of this is understanding the ...

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the American cartoonist Crockett Johnson created a series of paintings on mathematical subjects. They’re based on theorems, laws, and mathematical figures, but ...