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Forerunners...illuminating their personal lives and works, underscoring the rich history of science and its never-ending impact on our world. Great stories. And great science. What’s that famous William Faulkner quotation? “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” So true for science. It’s as if the breakthroughs of Albert Einstein and Marie Curie, Charles Darwin and Jane Goodall, and so many other forerunners, never gather dust in a library but inform, as if they were formulated this morning, contemporary research in vaccine development, theoretical physics, wildlife biology, and every other scientific pursuit under (and about) the sun. The theme for our next print issue of Nautilus falls in stride with the forerunners, illuminating their personal lives and works, all toward underscoring the rich history of science and its never-ending impact on our lives and world. [Sign up now]( to receive this issue...shipping at the end of this month. [Subscribe to Nautilus Print and Get Digital Access for FREE]( ***Issue ships end of December*** Don't miss these stories! [A Supermassive Lens on the Constants of Nature]( By Sidney Perkowitz In the next issue, you'll read about the three 2020 Nobel Prize winners in Physics who confirmed that Einstein’s general relativity predicts black holes, and established that the center of our own galaxy houses a supermassive black hole with the equivalent of 4 million suns packed into a relatively small space. Physics professor Sidney Perkowitz is your guide in this article that considers how the gravitational field that surrounds that supermassive black hole is a lab to study nature under extreme conditions. [Time Flows Toward Order]( By Julian Barbour Few, if any, scientists have disagreed with the great astrophysicist Arthur Eddington’s warning, “If your theory is found to be against the second law of thermodynamics I can give you no hope; there is nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation.” Fortunately for Nautilus readers, physicist Julian Barbour does not take Eddington’s warning to heart. Barbour writes the arrow of time is not flying toward disorder, and spells out a new theory of what’s happening in the universe. [Join Us to Receive Next Month's Print Issue]( With Nautilus... We Create. Discover new, surprising perspectives on how science interacts with all aspects of life—medicine and health, of course—but also politics, art, food, work, technology, and sports. You Experience. Learn from stories that will challenge and enrich the way you view the world. A science learning experience delivered to your door and online with videos, audio articles, and eBooks that's ad-free. P.S. The second theme of the next print issue will be announced in the next few days—check your email! This email was sent to {EMAIL} [update your subscription preferences]( or [unsubscribe from all Nautilus emails]( NautilusNext · 25 Broadway · 9th Floor · New York, NY 10018 · USA