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Any two particles in the universe attract each other through the gravitational interaction.

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Lee Smolin
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: June 6
Astronomer
Non-Fiction Writer
Physicist
Theoretical Physicist
University Teacher
New York City
New York
Particles
Attract
Interaction
Universe
Two
Gravitational

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