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Physics mystery peppered with profanity

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The latest thesis on the disappearance of physicist Ettore Majorana adds little, but reminds us of the Nobel-prizewinning quality of the discoveries he made during his brief career, explains Frank Close.

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  1. Frank Close is professor of physics and a fellow at Exeter College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. f.close1@physics.ox.ac.uk ,

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Close, F. Physics mystery peppered with profanity. Nature 463, 33 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/463033a

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