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Andrew Lange RIP

By catdynamics on January 23, 2010.

Andrew Lange RIP.

Andrew Lange - story at Cosmic Variance

Lange's "How DId the Universe Begin" Segre Distinguished Lecture at Berkeley Nov 2009.

Lange's 2004 KITP talk on "Future Directions in Cosmic Microwave Background Observations"

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