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Dear Readers, At Quanta, we strive to produce the best science and math journalism as a service to our valued readers. To that end, we hope you’ll take a few minutes to complete our new reader survey at quantamagazine.org/survey. Let us know how we’re doing and how we can better serve you, and you’ll have a chance to win one of 20 Quanta T-shirts, tote bags or books (your choice). Thank you and good luck! Thomas Lin Editor in Chief ABSTRACTIONS BLOG | ALL TOPICS   How Mathematical ‘Hocus-Pocus’ Saved Particle Physics By CHARLIE WOOD Renormalization has become perhaps the single most important advance in theoretical physics in 50 years.