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"Physicist Theo Bernstein has lost his job at a Very Very Large Hadron Collider, his wife has left him, and he has no money. Then a fellow physicist and Nobel laureate dies and leaves the contents of a safety deposit box to him, setting off a quest of epic proportions that will rewrite the laws of physics."@en
"Finding himself without a job, a wife, or money, Theo Bernstein's luck changes when a recently deceased friend leaves him the contents of his safety deposit box and sends Theo on a journey that will rewrite the laws of physics."@en
"Finding himself without a job, a wife, or money, Theo Bernstein's luck changes when a recently deceased friend leaves him the contents of his safety deposit box and sends Theo on a journey that will rewrite the laws of physics."
"Things have been going pretty badly for Theo Bernstein. An unfortunate accident at work lost him his job (and his work involved a Very Very Large Hadron Collider, so he's unlikely to get it back). His wife has left him. And he doesn't have any money."