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arxiv: hep-th/0210162 · v1 · submitted 2002-10-17 · ✦ hep-th · cond-mat.str-el

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To see a world in a grain of sand

Shou-Cheng Zhang
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classification ✦ hep-th cond-mat.str-el
keywords sandworldargueblackcareerdeepessayfundamental
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Throughout John Wheeler's career, he wrestled with big issues like the fundamental length, the black hole and the unification of quantum mechanics and relativity. In this essay, I argue that solid state physics -- historically the study of silicon, semiconductors and sand grains -- can give surprisingly deep insights into the big questions of the world.

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