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1 The Whats and Wherefores of Physics |
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1 | (10) |
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1 | (1) |
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2 | (3) |
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1.3 Classical and Modern Physics |
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5 | (3) |
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1.4 Why Do We Need Physics? |
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8 | (1) |
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1.5 Beauty and Symmetries |
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9 | (2) |
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9 | (2) |
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2 Dramatis Personae (The Actors) |
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11 | (14) |
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14 | (1) |
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15 | (1) |
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2.3 The Variables of Mechanics |
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16 | (1) |
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17 | (1) |
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18 | (2) |
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20 | (5) |
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23 | (2) |
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3 Is Physics an Exact Science? |
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25 | (14) |
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25 | (1) |
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3.2 Higher, Faster, Heavier, but by How Much? |
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26 | (3) |
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3.3 Accuracy in Scientific Measurement |
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29 | (3) |
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3.4 Measurement of Length in Astronomy |
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32 | (2) |
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3.5 The Path to Understanding |
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34 | (2) |
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36 | (3) |
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38 | (1) |
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39 | (16) |
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39 | (1) |
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4.2 Newton Stands on the Shoulders of Giants |
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40 | (3) |
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4.3 Newton's Law of Gravity |
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43 | (1) |
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44 | (1) |
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4.5 Geometrical Optics: The Corpuscular Theory of Light |
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45 | (2) |
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4.6 Physical Optics: The Wave Theory of Light |
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47 | (2) |
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4.7 Beyond Newton---Analytical Mechanics |
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49 | (1) |
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4.8 The Method of Lagrange |
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50 | (3) |
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53 | (2) |
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54 | (1) |
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5 Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics |
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55 | (8) |
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5.1 Many Bodies Make Light Work |
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55 | (2) |
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5.2 Kinetic Energy of Gas Molecules |
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57 | (1) |
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5.3 Entropy and the Laws of Thermodynamics |
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58 | (5) |
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62 | (1) |
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6 Electromagnetism and Cracks in the Edifice of Classical Physics |
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63 | (14) |
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6.1 Electricity and Magnetism |
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63 | (2) |
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6.2 Maxwell Brings It Together |
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65 | (4) |
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6.3 The Beginnings of Doubts |
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69 | (3) |
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72 | (5) |
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77 | (24) |
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77 | (4) |
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7.2 A Clerk in the Patent Office of Bern |
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81 | (2) |
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83 | (5) |
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7.4 The Most Famous Formula of Physics |
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88 | (3) |
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91 | (4) |
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7.6 Sounds from the Depths: Gravitational Waves |
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95 | (6) |
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99 | (2) |
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101 | (16) |
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8.1 A Disconcerting New Physics |
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101 | (1) |
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8.2 Quantization of Light |
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102 | (1) |
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8.3 Quantization of Matter |
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103 | (2) |
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105 | (2) |
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107 | (1) |
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8.6 The Uncertainty Principle |
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108 | (2) |
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8.7 Superluminal Phase Waves |
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110 | (1) |
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8.8 Collapse of the Wave Function and Multiple Universes |
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110 | (2) |
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8.9 Entanglement and Superluminal Correlations |
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112 | (2) |
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8.9.1 Macroscopic and Microscopic |
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113 | (1) |
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114 | (3) |
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115 | (2) |
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9 Atomic and Nuclear Physics |
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117 | (20) |
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117 | (2) |
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119 | (2) |
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9.3 The Bohr-Rutherford Model of the Atom |
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121 | (2) |
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9.4 The Quantum Mechanical Picture |
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123 | (2) |
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125 | (2) |
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127 | (2) |
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129 | (1) |
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130 | (2) |
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132 | (5) |
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137 | (16) |
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137 | (2) |
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139 | (1) |
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140 | (1) |
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140 | (1) |
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141 | (2) |
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143 | (1) |
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10.7 The Role of Symmetries |
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144 | (3) |
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10.8 Gauge Symmetries and the Fundamental Interactions |
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147 | (2) |
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10.9 The Problem of the Mass and the Higgs Boson |
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149 | (1) |
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10.10 What About Gravitons? |
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149 | (1) |
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150 | (3) |
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150 | (1) |
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150 | (1) |
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151 | (1) |
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10.11.4 Ptolemy and Quantum Field Theory |
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151 | (2) |
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153 | (1) |
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11.1 The Time of Myths: Cosmogonies and Cosmologies |
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153 | (26) |
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11.2 Ancient Rational Cosmology |
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154 | (1) |
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11.3 Is the Universe Infinite, Homogeneous and Eternal? |
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155 | (2) |
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11.4 Relativistic Cosmology |
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157 | (2) |
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11.5 The Universe Expands, but Are We Really Sure? |
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159 | (5) |
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11.6 The Cosmic Microwave Background |
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164 | (3) |
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11.7 The Standard Universe Before 1998 |
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167 | (3) |
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11.8 Old and New Problems |
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170 | (1) |
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170 | (1) |
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11.10 The Foamy Distribution of Galaxies |
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171 | (1) |
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11.11 The Accelerated Expansion |
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172 | (1) |
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11.12 The Flatness of Space |
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173 | (1) |
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11.13 The Concordance Model of the Universe |
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174 | (2) |
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11.14 Alternative Scenarios |
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176 | (3) |
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177 | (2) |
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12 Complexity and Universality |
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179 | (16) |
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12.1 Simplicity and Complexity |
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179 | (2) |
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181 | (3) |
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12.3 On the Edge of Chaos |
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184 | (1) |
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185 | (1) |
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12.5 An Epistemological Conjecture |
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186 | (1) |
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12.6 Phenomenological Universalities (PUNs) |
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187 | (3) |
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12.7 The Universality of Growth |
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190 | (5) |
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192 | (3) |
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13 Conclusions and Philosophical Implications |
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195 | (16) |
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195 | (1) |
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196 | (2) |
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13.3 Variability of the Physical Constants |
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198 | (2) |
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13.4 Determinism Versus Free Will |
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200 | (1) |
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13.5 Entanglement Revisited |
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201 | (3) |
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13.6 Reality and the Role of the Observer |
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204 | (2) |
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13.7 What Do We Really Know About the Universe? |
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206 | (1) |
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13.8 Philosophical Implications of Relativity |
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207 | (1) |
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13.9 Philosophical Implications of Quantum Mechanics |
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208 | (1) |
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209 | (2) |
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210 | (1) |
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