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Robbert Dijkgraaf (University of Amsterdam), interview with author, February 8, 2007.
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David Morrison (University of California, Santa Barbara), interview with author, May 27, 2008.
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Allan Adams (MIT), interview with author, May 23, 2008.
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Joe Polchinski (University of California, Santa Barbara), interview with author, August 31, 2007.
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