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INWARD BOUND : Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World
by Pais, Abraham
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0198519974
- ISBN 13
- 9780198519973
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About This Item
New York, NY: Oxford Univ Press, 1988. Paperback Edition, First Thus . Soft cover. New/None as Issued. BRAND NEW Copy. Science history. First published in 1986; this copy is the First Paperback Edition (with corrections) of 1988. Commencing with two accidental discoveries (X-Rays, Roentgen; "uranic rays", Bequerel), physicist Abraham Pais (1918 -) reaccounts the history of the physics to its present atomic age. It is a story of science and of the steps forward, mis-steps, and accidental discoveries along the path as human intellect explored the way towards the heart of matter. Fine copy.
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- Title
- INWARD BOUND : Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World
- Author
- Pais, Abraham
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- None as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Paperback Edition, First Thus
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0198519974
- ISBN 13
- 9780198519973
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Physics/Atomic Physics/History/Science History/Intellectual History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Physics;
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