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In the 1860s, James Clerk Maxwell argued that light was a wave of electric and magnetic fields. But it took
268 | Matt Strassler on Relativity, Fields, and the Language of Reality Read More
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Universities and their students are constantly being encouraged to produce more graduates majoring in STEM fields — science, technology, engineering,
265 | John Skrentny on How the Economy Mistreats STEM Workers Read More
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