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Hologram revolution: The theory changing all physics

By Jessica Griggs

13 July 2011

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Take a holographic view

(Image: Margareta Lindeman/Getty)

From pre-big bang physics to the origins of mass, there may be no limit to holography’s reach

HOW would you feel if you were told that everything you did today – drinking your morning latte, your commute, your post-work jog – was a holographic projection of another, flat version of you living on a two-dimensional “surface” at the edge of this universe?

Whether we actually live in a hologram is up for debate, but it is now becoming clear that looking at a raft of other phenomena through a holographic lens could be key…

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