From X-Rays to Quarks: Modern Physicists and Their Discoveries

by Emilio Segrè

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A Nobel Laureate offers impressions and recollections of the development of modern physics. Rather than a chronological approach, Segrè emphasizes interesting, complex personalities who often appear only in footnotes. Readers will find that this book adds considerably to their understanding of science and includes compelling topics of current interest.

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Science & Nature, Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
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530.09Natural sciences & mathematicsPhysicsPhysicsPhysicsBiography And History
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QC7 .S4413SciencePhysicsPhysicsGeneral
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