If Dr Lisi can calculate the masses of these, he will have made predictions that can be tested experimentally.

ECONOMIST: A shape could describe the cosmos and all it contains

Certainly, there are glitches with Dr Lisi's analysis and some of the truly fundamental problems that plague more conventional work remain.

ECONOMIST: A shape could describe the cosmos and all it contains

David Lisi, a partner at law firm Howrey, agrees that a Yahoo!

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It is due to start its scientific work in the summer of 2008, so a test of Dr Lisi's theory could come soon.

ECONOMIST: A shape could describe the cosmos and all it contains

Interestingly, some 20 gaps remain in Dr Lisi's model.

ECONOMIST: A shape could describe the cosmos and all it contains

Dr Lisi had been tinkering with some smaller geometries.

ECONOMIST: A shape could describe the cosmos and all it contains

Nevertheless, that is what Garrett Lisi is proposing.

ECONOMIST: A shape could describe the cosmos and all it contains

Isabelle Adjani plays Margot, the suspiciously close sister of the King of France (Jean-Hugues Anglade), the daughter of Catherine de Medici (an iron-willed Virna Lisi), and the unwilling wife of Henri of Navarre (Daniel Auteuil).

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When Kate Winslet put Ben de Lisi on the map by walking the red carpet in 2002 in his red sleeveless dress with the flowered shoulder embellishment, the designer remained unaware until the next morning.

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Although some famous physicists are championing the idea, Dr Lisi, who spends his time surfing and snowboarding and is not employed by a university or research institute, has by no means won the acceptance of all physicists.

ECONOMIST: A shape could describe the cosmos and all it contains