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Making Physics : A Biography of Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1946-1972
by Crease, Robert P
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- Hardcover
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- As New condition/As New dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0226120171
- ISBN 13
- 9780226120171
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About This Item
Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1999. As New condition in bright, shiny As New Dust Jacket. No chips. No tears. No creases. Not a book club edition. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder marks. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Clean, square, tight, and unmarked. Sharp corners. Fresh and crisp, apparently never read. First printing, with complete number row (12345) on the copyright page. Illustrations throughout. Appendix: Key Personnel. Chapter notes. Bibliography. Index. Publisher's purple cloth. From the Dust Jacket: "In MAKING PHYSICS, Robert P. Crease brings to life the people, the instruments, the science, and the politics of Brookhaven's first quarter-century. MAKING PHYSICS crackles with the experimental energy of Brookhaven's researchers, competing among themselves as well as with other laboratories around the world... Drawing on a wide variety of sources, from oral interviews and internal memos to lab notebooks and transcripts of security clearance hearings... But most of all, Crease tells fascinating stories of Brookhaven's scientists and their research, which has included detailed descriptions of the structure of the nucleus, early attempts at radiotherapy for inoperable tumors, and studies of strange particles and the weak and strong interactions." Blurb from Harald Fritzsch: "Robert Crease`s book describes a great American dream which turned into reality -- the fascinating story of a laboratory which contributed more than any other to the development of physics in the second half of the twentieth century.". First Printing of the First Edition. Hardcover. As New condition/As New dust jacket. 8vo. xii, 434pp. .
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- Title
- Making Physics : A Biography of Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1946-1972
- Author
- Crease, Robert P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New dust jacket
- Edition
- First Printing of the First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0226120171
- ISBN 13
- 9780226120171
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago and London
- Date Published
- 1999
- Bookseller catalogs
- Physics;
- Size
- 8vo. xii, 434pp.
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