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[209] Steve Giddings (University of California, Santa Barbara), interview with author, September 24, 2007.

[210] Matthew Kleban (New York University), interview with author, January 17, 2008.

[211] Dennis Overbye, “One Cosmic Question, Too Many Answers,” New York Times, September 2, 2003.

[212] Andrei Linde (Stanford University), interview with author, December 27, 2007.

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[214] Shamit Kachru (Stanford University), interview with author, September 18, 2007.

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[223] Sidney Coleman, “Fate of the False Vacuum: Semi-classical Theory,” Physical Review D. 15 (May 15, 1977): 2,929-2,936.

[224] Steve Giddings (University of California, Santa Barbara), interview with author, September 24, 2007.

[225] Matthew Kleban (New York University), interview with author, January 17, 2008.

[226] Dennis Overbye, “One Cosmic Question, Too Many Answers,” New York Times, September 2, 2003.

[227] Andrei Linde (Stanford University), interview with author, December 27, 2007.

[228] Giddings, interview with author, October 17, 2007.

[229] Shamit Kachru (Stanford University), interview with author, September 18, 2007.

[230] Linde, interview with author, December 27, 2007.

[231] Henry Tye (Cornell University), interview with author, September 12, 2007.

[232] Linde, interview with author, January 10,2008.

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[234] Kleban, interview with author, January 17, 2008.

[235] Steven B. Giddings, “The Fate of Four Dimensions,” Physical Review D. 68 (2003).

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[266] Andrew Strominger (Harvard University), interview with author, August 1, 2007.

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