Is the title of the talk Juan Maldacena gave thursday morning.
I missed the live delivery, due to my deplorable inability to be in two different places at the same time, but, as always webcast video and podcast are here
Enjoy.
Ok, it is string theory, but Juan always gives good talks.
Or he did the other time I saw him give a talk.
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