We showed a few professors (of physics and chemistry) the popular game 2048 – none of them had heard of it!
The Professors, from the University of Nottingham, are:
Laurence Eaves, Martyn Poliakoff, Phil Moriarty, Ed Copeland and Tony Padilla.
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