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Lawrence krauss reflects on the life and work of richard feynman. Jul 17, 20 crisitunities in cosmology professor lawrence krauss, iss2015 duration. Richard feynmans life in science great discoveries by lawrence m. To the centuriesold debate over why any universe exists at all, krauss book contributesprecisely nothing. Jul 02, 2015 he cant answer the question, and theists cant answer the question either.
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