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At Home in the Universe (Publisher series: Masters of Modern Physics.)

At Home in the Universe (Publisher series: Masters of Modern Physics.)

At Home in the Universe (Publisher series: Masters of Modern Physics.)
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At Home in the Universe (Publisher series: Masters of Modern Physics.)

by Wheeler, John Archibald

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Woodbury: American Institute of Physics [0-88318-862-7] 1994. (Hardcover) Near fine in near fine dust jacket. 371pp. Diagrams, illustrations, graphs, notes, references, index. The dust jacket is lightly edgeworn. "At Home in the Universe presents a feast of engaging essays formed of reminiscence, science, and conjecture. Wheeler provides intimate glimpses of Einstein, Bohr, and other giants in the field who were his friends and collaborators. He writes of debates and discussions with Bohr that formed the cornerstone of nuclear fission theory, long talks with Einstein in his upstairs study at Princeton, and the eloquence and nobility of Hermann Weyl. He sees in these and other great physicists - Marie Curie, Hideki Yukawa, and Hendrik Anthony Kramers - exemplars of the scientific spirit". Book about Niels Bohr, Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Hendrik Anthony Kramers, Hermann Weyl & Hideki Yukawa. Publisher series: Masters of Modern Physics 9. (Science, Physics, Science, Truth, Universe).

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Title
At Home in the Universe (Publisher series: Masters of Modern Physics.)
Author
Wheeler, John Archibald
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used
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ISBN 10
0883188627
ISBN 13
9780883188620
Publisher
American Institute of Physics
Place of Publication
Woodbury
This edition first published
1994
Keywords
Science, Physics, Science, Truth, Universe, Collectible
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