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String Theory at the Hunter, in partnership with Lee University and the Hunter Museum of American Art, will reunite clarinetist Anthony McGill and pianist Gloria Chien to bring Brahms’ “late-style” ...

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In this video, we explore the relationship between string theory and quantum field theory (QFT). QFT is a mathematical framework that describes nearly all particles and forces in the universe but ...

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String Theory at the Hunter, in partnership with Lee University and the Hunter Museum of American Art, will welcome flutist Tara Helen O’Connor and guitarist Jason Vieaux for an evening of music that ...