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Physicist John Mainstone (left), who died in August after overseeing the Queensland pitch experiment for 52 years, never saw a fall.
UNIV. OF QUEENSLAND
Physicist John Mainstone (left), who died in August after overseeing the Queensland pitch experiment for 52 years, never saw a fall.
UNIV. OF QUEENSLAND