Elementary Particles. A Short History of Some Discoveries in Atomic Physics. (The Vanuxem Lectures - 1959).
by YANG, Chen Ning
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- Hardcover
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Tamworth, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1961. Second printing. 22 cm x 14.5 cm, black cloth stamped in black and silver, pp. [iii], 68, + folding table. The author was co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, 1957. This copy bears the bookplate of Arthur E. Covington, distinguished astrophysicist and the originator of solar radio astronomy in Canada. Previous owner's name on title page, otherwise fine in a very good dust jacket, with a couple of small tears and with the remnants of a label affixed near head of the spine..
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- Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB (CA)
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- 11817
- Title
- Elementary Particles. A Short History of Some Discoveries in Atomic Physics. (The Vanuxem Lectures - 1959).
- Author
- YANG, Chen Ning
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1961. Second printing.
- Keywords
- SCIENCE; ATOMIC PHYSICS; VANUXEM LECTURES; NOBEL PRIZE; CHEN NING YANG; ARTHUR E. COVINGTON; SOLAR RADIO ASTRONOMY
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Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
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Tamworth, Ontario
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