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"The Nobel Prizes of 1999," by Gerhardus 't Hooft and Martinus J. Veltman. Scientific American, January 2000, pages 10-11.

The authors discuss the research that earned them the 1999 Nobel Prize in Physics. Their work provides a better understanding of the weak interaction, which is responsible for radioactive beta decay and is essential for the nuclear reactions that fuel the sun.

--- Benjamin Stein

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