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Will Constructor Theory Rewrite Physics?
Season 7
Episode 33
The people behind the greatest leaps in physics - Einstein, Newton, Heisenberg, all had the uncanny ability to see the deepest, underlying facts about the world, and from simple statements about the reality they built up their incredible theories. What if we all had a recipe book for doing exactly this. Well, one might be just around the corners and it’s called Constructor Theory
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