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Lecture notes written for a one-semester course in mathematical relativity aimed at mathematics and physics students. Not meant as an introduction to general relativity, but rather as a complementary, more advanced text.
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This brief note, written for non-specialists, aims at drawing an introductive overview of the multiverse issue.
This paper describes how commercially available spectrographs can be used to identify and measure some basic characteristics of planetary nebulae.
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