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“He was always pushing himself to explore experiences in a way the average person would not, whether it’s climbing the highest mountains or explaining how single atoms behave when they are held by a laser at a billionth of a degree above absolute zero.”

A brilliant young physics professor at Rice dies during a mountain climbing trip. He was found dead in his base camp tent.

Oxygen deprivation? Heart attack? Edema? It’s not yet known. He was only thirty.

Margaret Soltan, July 19, 2012 6:38AM
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