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  • Best physics thesis defense slide ever

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      December 1, 2012 at 10:00 am
      Austin Frakt

    From David Aronstein on Facebook:

    David’s thesis title is ”Revivals and Classical-Motion Bases of Quantum Wave Packets.” You can read it online here.

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