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The scene echoes the rush that built Johannesburg, the country's financial capital, at the turn of the 20th century.

From Barron's

“But it’s actually a return to norms: for the millennia of human history through the 18th century, the richer you were, the more children you had.”

From MarketWatch

Capturing the enormous trees that would have existed in the early 20th century was a challenge.

From Los Angeles Times

“So we set it in the beginning of the 20th century, when we felt that whole romantic worldview was just about to crack and fall off a cliff.”

From Los Angeles Times

This concept was first introduced more than a century ago by Albert Einstein and has been central to modern predictions about how the universe will evolve.

From Science Daily